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| Title |
A survey to determine usual care after cancer treatment within the United Kingdom national health service
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Cancer, March 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12885-017-3172-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
M. Duncan, J. Deane, P. D. White, D. Ridge, R. Roylance, A. Korszun, T. Chalder, K. S. Bhui, M. A. Thaha, L. Bourke, on behalf of the SURECAN investigators |
| Abstract |
Approximately one third of cancer survivors in the United Kingdom face ongoing and debilitating psychological and physical symptoms related to poor quality of life. Very little is known about current post-cancer treatment services. Oncology healthcare professionals (HCPs) were invited to take part in a survey, which gathered both quantitative and free text data about the content and delivery of cancer aftercare and patient needs. Analysis involved descriptive statistics and content analysis. There were 163 complete responses from 278 survey participants; 70% of NHS acute trusts provided data. HCPs views on patient post-cancer treatment needs were most frequently: fear of recurrence (95%), fatigue (94%), changes in physical capabilities (89%), anxiety (89%) and depression (88%). A median number of 2 aftercare sessions were provided (interquartile range: 1,4) lasting between 30 and 60 min. Usually these were provided face-to-face and intermittently by a HCP. However, sessions did not necessarily address the issues HCPs asserted as important. Themes from free-text responses highlighted inconsistencies in care, uncertain funding for services and omission of some evidence based approaches. Provision of post-cancer treatment follow-up care is neither universal nor consistent in the NHS, nor does it address needs HCPs identified as most important. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 9 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 67% |
| Unknown | 3 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 4 | 44% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 33% |
| Members of the public | 2 | 22% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 41 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 41 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 5 | 12% |
| Researcher | 4 | 10% |
| Lecturer | 3 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 8 | 20% |
| Unknown | 15 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 22% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 12% |
| Psychology | 3 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 7% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Unknown | 17 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 March 2017.
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#5,827,517
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#1,414
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#90,224
of 310,259 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Cancer
#30
of 125 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 8,483 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.4. This one has done well, scoring higher than 83% of its peers.
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