Women with breast cancers’ preferences for surveillance follow-up
Background: On completion of treatment people with breast cancer are offered surveillance at a hospital clinic and/or in primary care. It is unclear whom patients prefer to consult about their problems following cancer treatment. Method: Patients being followed up by a hospital nurse were surveye...
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| author | Jiwa, Moyez Halkett, Georgia Deas, Kathleen Meng, X. |
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| description | Background: On completion of treatment people with breast cancer are offered surveillance
at a hospital clinic and/or in primary care. It is unclear whom patients prefer to consult about
their problems following cancer treatment.
Method: Patients being followed up by a hospital nurse were surveyed at their follow-up appointment
and three months later. The survey included demographic information, symptom profile,
and the Patient Enablement Index (PEI). A subsequent survey of the patients’ general practitioners
(GPs)s confirmed which patients had consulted their GP prior to the nurse appointment.
Three months after their appointment patients completed the PEI and were surveyed about
their preference of practitioner for problems following treatment.
Results: 101 patients responded to the first survey and 60 patients to the follow-up survey. In
68% of cases women reported that they did not consult their GP about breast cancer related
symptoms prior to their appointment at the clinic, choosing instead to present to a Breast Care
Nurse (BCN). In the survey patients preferred their GP if they needed a physical examination
(p = 0.007) or referral to a specialist (p < 0.001). Older patients were more likely to choose a BCN
if they wanted a mammogram and a GP if they wanted a physical exam or emotional support.
The PEI scores after follow-up with the BCNs were equivalent to those reported following GP
consultations. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-118582017-12-11T03:39:44Z Women with breast cancers’ preferences for surveillance follow-up Jiwa, Moyez Halkett, Georgia Deas, Kathleen Meng, X. Cancer Council Breast Care Nurse Breast cancer Follow-up General practitioner Background: On completion of treatment people with breast cancer are offered surveillance at a hospital clinic and/or in primary care. It is unclear whom patients prefer to consult about their problems following cancer treatment. Method: Patients being followed up by a hospital nurse were surveyed at their follow-up appointment and three months later. The survey included demographic information, symptom profile, and the Patient Enablement Index (PEI). A subsequent survey of the patients’ general practitioners (GPs)s confirmed which patients had consulted their GP prior to the nurse appointment. Three months after their appointment patients completed the PEI and were surveyed about their preference of practitioner for problems following treatment. Results: 101 patients responded to the first survey and 60 patients to the follow-up survey. In 68% of cases women reported that they did not consult their GP about breast cancer related symptoms prior to their appointment at the clinic, choosing instead to present to a Breast Care Nurse (BCN). In the survey patients preferred their GP if they needed a physical examination (p = 0.007) or referral to a specialist (p < 0.001). Older patients were more likely to choose a BCN if they wanted a mammogram and a GP if they wanted a physical exam or emotional support. The PEI scores after follow-up with the BCNs were equivalent to those reported following GP consultations. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11858 10.1016/j.colegn.2010.11.002 Cancer Council restricted |
| spellingShingle | Breast Care Nurse Breast cancer Follow-up General practitioner Jiwa, Moyez Halkett, Georgia Deas, Kathleen Meng, X. Women with breast cancers’ preferences for surveillance follow-up |
| title | Women with breast cancers’ preferences for surveillance follow-up |
| title_full | Women with breast cancers’ preferences for surveillance follow-up |
| title_fullStr | Women with breast cancers’ preferences for surveillance follow-up |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women with breast cancers’ preferences for surveillance follow-up |
| title_short | Women with breast cancers’ preferences for surveillance follow-up |
| title_sort | women with breast cancers’ preferences for surveillance follow-up |
| topic | Breast Care Nurse Breast cancer Follow-up General practitioner |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11858 |