2003
DOI: 10.1002/pon.651
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Patient care in multidisciplinary cancer clinics: Does attention to psychosocial needs predict patient satisfaction?

Abstract: Satisfaction with treatment is an important early indicator of medical outcome for cancer patients. This study examined patient satisfaction with treatment-planning and follow-up appointments among 58 recently diagnosed ENT and GI cancer patients seen at a multidisciplinary cancer clinic. Patients reported which medical specialties they saw, whether adjuvant treatment was planned, and whether they had a chance to discuss their feelings about the diagnosis. Patients also rated the attention paid by staff to sev… Show more

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“…Our rates of satisfaction with attention to pain relief are similar to national averages and percentages reported in a previous study [4]. In a study of patients with cancer, effective coping strategies and staff attention to psychosocial issues were associated with greater satisfaction [38]. Koh and Thomas [23] showed that with the implementation of a new pain treatment modality, and thereby probably more staff attention to pain relief after surgery, patients were more satisfied with staff attention to pain relief.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 84%
“…Our rates of satisfaction with attention to pain relief are similar to national averages and percentages reported in a previous study [4]. In a study of patients with cancer, effective coping strategies and staff attention to psychosocial issues were associated with greater satisfaction [38]. Koh and Thomas [23] showed that with the implementation of a new pain treatment modality, and thereby probably more staff attention to pain relief after surgery, patients were more satisfied with staff attention to pain relief.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 84%
“…Yet, when measured not close to the moment of the actual performance, satisfaction tends to reflect improvement in functioning rather than satisfaction with particular health-care provider behaviour [30,36]. In the broader context of the emotional dimension of communication, our finding is in line with previous work [11][12][13][14]16,37] that showed that the emotional dimension of provider communication is valued by patients. Our data also showed that patients who are palliatively treated were more satisfied with the communication of nurses than curatively treated patients, and this was true after controlling for the level of cue responding and patient age.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 82%
“…These findings concur with studies [11][12][13][14][15][16] reporting that the emotional dimension of provider communication is an important factor in determining patient satisfaction. However, since relatively little is known about the value patients specifically assigned to nurses' cueresponding behaviour, it is appropriate to investigate the relationship between nurses' cue-responding behaviour and patient satisfaction.…”
Section: Introductionsupporting
confidence: 78%
“…All the well-being variables were not significantly associated with any perception outcome in bivariate analysis; however, after controlling for other independent factors in logistic regression analysis, the result showed a significant effect, as a higher likelihood of a good perception of quality of care among patients who had good psychosocial well-being was exhibited. Some studies have shown that patient's satisfaction with treatment during illness can be enhanced when the psychosocial needs of the patients are met [23,24]. Patients who had spent 5-6 months on admission had higher odds of perceiving care positively as compared to those with either less or more time on admission.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%