Use of checklist to improve communication in multidisciplinary care of cancer patientsD., NiharikaP., Wong
For patients with any comorbidity, mortality rates are 1.1 to 5.8 times higher in the years after breast cancer treatment compared with patients without comorbidities, 1.2 to 4.8 times greater for colon cancer, and 1.1 to 1.5 times higher for lung cancer.2 Models for Treating Patients “In cert...
Patients can also report their symptoms using self-report questionnaires built into a phone application. For example, an application developed by researchers in the UK[56–59]facilitates monitoring of toxicity symptoms incancer patientsundergoing chemotherapy. The system uses phone-based questionnaires to...
Studies including people with dementia highlighted the challenges that the condition presented for shared decision-making [57,76], particularly relating to cancer treatment, where concerns were raised over the person with cancer and dementia being unable to fully participate in treatment decision-making,...
Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients are at high risk for developing lymphedema and fibrosis (LEF) following cancer treatment. Once HNC patients develop LEF, they need to conduct life-long self-care to slow LEF progression and reduce associated symptom burden and functional deficits. Data demonstra...
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We have found only one controlled clinical trial directed at persons with CLNs which applies “flipped healthcare” similarly to us. Sweeney compared a “Patient-Centred management” with usual case-management for cancer patients at the end of life and found reduced care utilisation and costs, wit...
Granan for these comments and for the opportunity to address these important points.1. We wish to address the concern about baseline pain values by further explaining study procedures. We first screened for patients with at least 4 of 10 pain using an online pre-screening form (excluding 192 ...
Patients and their closest relatives will be visited at baseline and every 4 months after baseline for a period of 12 months. The following outcomes will be assessed during home visits: self-perceived symptoms and care needs; daily physical functioning; general health status; end-of-life care ...
Willing and able to give informed consent (or has a personal consultee declaration if the patient lacks capacity; assessed at baseline visit) Exclusion criteria Patients meeting any of the following criteria will not be eligible for inclusion, assessed at screening: Resident of a care home (EHR ...