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Barriers to utilisation of cancer rehabilitation from the expert's view: A cross‐sectional survey.
- Source :
- European Journal of Cancer Care; Jan2022, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p1-11, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Objective: The goal of this study was to investigate barriers to utilisation of cancer rehabilitation by querying a large sample of various professionals in health care with a comprehensive set of barriers. Methods: We developed a questionnaire comprising 55 barriers to utilisation of cancer rehabilitation and administered it to four different types of medical, care and social work experts involved in the referral to cancer rehabilitation. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted and the extracted factors were ranked by mean values. Additionally, ANOVAs were calculated to test for group differences. Results: Our sample (N = 606) consisted of 249 physicians, 194 social workers, 105 nurses and 55 psychologists in Germany. We identified seven barrier‐dimensions: low appreciation of rehabilitation by professionals, insufficient coordination, insufficient application procedure, rehabilitation requirements not met, patients' unfulfilled demands, patients' social responsibilities and patients' coping style, with the latter being rated as the most obstructive thereof. Furthermore, we found statistically significant group differences for six of these factors with small‐ to medium‐sized effects. Conclusion: Our results support previous publications implicating the patients' coping style as a barrier. We furthermore found evidence for barriers relating to processes and organisational issues, thereby expanding on the scope of patient‐oriented publications. Suggestions for improving patients' health services accessibility are made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RESEARCH
STATISTICS
HEALTH services accessibility
ANALYSIS of variance
NURSES' attitudes
PSYCHOLOGY of psychologists
COUNSELING
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
CROSS-sectional method
RESEARCH methodology
MULTIVARIATE analysis
MEDICAL personnel
PHYSICIANS' attitudes
QUANTITATIVE research
MEDICAL cooperation
PAIRED comparisons (Mathematics)
SURVEYS
MEDICAL care use
QUALITATIVE research
PRE-tests & post-tests
QUESTIONNAIRES
FACTOR analysis
SOCIAL worker attitudes
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHI-squared test
PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
DECISION making in clinical medicine
DATA analysis software
STATISTICAL correlation
DATA analysis
CANCER patient rehabilitation
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09615423
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Cancer Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154862844
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.13522