Back to Search
Start Over
Survivorship Care Preferences: A Pilot Study of Young Adults With Cancer
- Source :
- Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing. 21:E71-E78
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), 2017.
-
Abstract
- Background Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) face increased risk for physical, social, and cognitive late complications of cancer therapy. Strategies are needed to better engage AYAs in survivorship research. Objectives This study aimed to determine the feasibility of enrolling AYAs within six months of diagnosis to a survivorship study and assess their health concerns and survivorship care preferences. Methods Patients aged 15–34 years who were diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma, or sarcoma at three Connecticut hospitals from 2008–2011 were identified and recruited by mail. Participants and their physicians received a survivorship care plan. Participants completed surveys at 6 months and 18 months after diagnosis. Findings Recruiting AYAs to survivorship research remains challenging, even when approaching them soon after diagnosis. Novel strategies are needed for nurses and other healthcare team members to engage AYAs in survivorship care and research.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Lymphoma
Cancer therapy
Pilot Projects
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Cancer Survivors
Surveys and Questionnaires
030225 pediatrics
Survivorship curve
Health care
Epidemiology
medicine
Humans
Young adult
General Environmental Science
Leukemia
business.industry
Cancer
Patient Preference
Sarcoma
medicine.disease
humanities
Connecticut
Increased risk
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Family medicine
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Female
business
Psychosocial
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1538067X and 10921095
- Volume :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....63c3bb31e77475ecbb7a9da503165be3