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Benefits of psychosocial oncology care: Improved quality of life and medical cost offset

Overview of attention for article published in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, April 2003
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Title
Benefits of psychosocial oncology care: Improved quality of life and medical cost offset
Published in
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, April 2003
DOI 10.1186/1477-7525-1-8
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Authors

Linda E Carlson, Barry D Bultz

Abstract

The burden of cancer in the worldwide context continues to grow, with an increasing number of new cases and deaths each year. A significant proportion of cancer patients at all stages of the disease trajectory will suffer social, emotional and psychological distress as a result of cancer diagnosis and treatment. Psychosocial interventions have proven efficacious for helping patients and families confront the many issues that arise during this difficult time. This paper reviews the literature detailing the extent of distress in patients, the staffing needed to treat such levels of distress, and the efficacy of psychosocial treatments for cancer patients. This is followed by a summary of the literature on medical cost offset in mental health, other medical populations, and in cancer patients, which supports the notion that psychosocial interventions are not only effective, but also economical. Conclusions support taking a whole-person approach, as advocated by a growing number of health care professionals, which would not only help to treat the emotional and social aspects of living with cancer, but also provide considerable long-term cost savings to overburdened health-care systems.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 2 1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Indonesia 1 <1%
Greece 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 163 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 21 12%
Other 18 11%
Researcher 16 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 9%
Student > Bachelor 14 8%
Other 40 24%
Unknown 45 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 54 32%
Medicine and Dentistry 28 16%
Nursing and Health Professions 14 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 3%
Social Sciences 5 3%
Other 15 9%
Unknown 49 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. 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 04 October 2018.
All research outputs
#1,625,829
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
#79
of 2,297 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,737
of 62,380 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
#2
of 7 outputs
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