Screening for distress in cancer care: How to overcome barriers after unsuccessful implementation?

Rivest, Jacynthe; Jodoin, Véronique Desbeaumes; Fitch, M.; Martineau, Joé T.; Levenson, Jon A.

doi:10.1017/s1478951521001759

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“…However, implementing screening for distress represents an important challenge for cancer care centers (3). Successful implementation generally involves overcoming barriers and the use of efficient strategies (7,8,(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16).…”

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“I Want to Help Others Like Me”: A Pilot Qualitative Study on Patients’ Participation in a Screening for Distress Program

Rivest

Jodoin

Martineau

et al. 2022

Journal of Patient Experience

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Screening for distress was implemented in our academic hospital with the engagement of patients as partners. Little is known about how they appreciate such participation. This pilot qualitative study aimed to explore their experience. Six participants completed a semi-structured interview, which was transcribed verbatim. Thematic analysis was performed on the transcripts. Four themes emerged: “opinions about their participation”, “working with others”, “role of patient partners”, and “barriers encountered”. Mean global satisfaction reported on a Likert scale reached 8.92 over 10. Our preliminary findings suggest that patients-as-partners appreciated their participation, and also identified barriers that should be explored in future quality improvement (QI) projects.

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“I Want to Help Others Like Me”: A Pilot Qualitative Study on Patients’ Participation in a Screening for Distress Program

Rivest

Jodoin

Martineau

et al. 2022

Journal of Patient Experience

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Barriers and facilitators to implementation and sustainment of guideline-recommended depression screening for patients with breast cancer in medical oncology: a qualitative study

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Munoz-Plaza

Lyons

et al. 2023

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Patterns of mental health service utilisation in people with cancer compared with people without cancer: analysis of the Australian National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing

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Koczwara,

Beatty

2023

J Cancer Surviv

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Purpose To compare the patterns of mental health service utilisation between people with and without cancer. Methods We performed a cross-sectional study using data of all respondents aged ≥ 25 years from the Australian National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing 2020–2021 conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Comparisons were made between the two groups (cancer versus non-cancer) using logistic regression models. Results The study comprised 318 people with cancer (55% female) and 4628 people without cancer (54% female). Cancer survivors had a higher prevalence of reporting poor health (38% versus 16%) and mental distress (18% versus 14%) than people without cancer. There were no significant differences between people with and without cancer in the odds of consulting general practitioner, psychiatrist and other health professionals for mental health, although people with cancer were significantly more likely to consult a psychologist than people without cancer (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 1.64, 95%CI = 1.05–2.48). While the odds of being hospitalised for physical health was significantly higher in cancer survivors than people without cancer (aOR = 2.32, 95%CI = 1.78–3.01), there was only a negligible number of people reported being hospitalised for mental health between the two groups. Several factors were associated with higher odds of mental health service utilisation including younger age, unpartnered marital status and presence of a current mental condition. Conclusions Alarmingly, despite experiencing higher prevalence of poor health status and mental distress, cancer survivors did not utilise more mental health services than the general population. That is, there is a higher degree of untreated, or undertreated, distress in cancer than in the general population. Implications for Cancer Survivors Further research to identify optimal approaches of mental health care delivery for cancer survivors are urgently needed.

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Screening for distress in cancer care: How to overcome barriers after unsuccessful implementation?

Cited by 6 publications

References 28 publications

“I Want to Help Others Like Me”: A Pilot Qualitative Study on Patients’ Participation in a Screening for Distress Program

“I Want to Help Others Like Me”: A Pilot Qualitative Study on Patients’ Participation in a Screening for Distress Program

Barriers and facilitators to implementation and sustainment of guideline-recommended depression screening for patients with breast cancer in medical oncology: a qualitative study

Patterns of mental health service utilisation in people with cancer compared with people without cancer: analysis of the Australian National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing

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