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Should I call psycho-oncology? Training nurses on psycho-oncological screening reduces uncertainties

PURPOSE: Psycho-oncological screening is required to identify distressed patients and direct them to psycho-oncological care. In practice, screening procedure and related communication are still insufficient due to various barriers on the side of the medical team. The aim of this study is to evaluat...

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Autores principales: Dreismann, Lara, Schoknecht, Karoline, Vogel, Arndt, Zimmermann, Tanja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10423155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37291403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00432-023-04936-3
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Schoknecht, Karoline
Vogel, Arndt
Zimmermann, Tanja
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Vogel, Arndt
Zimmermann, Tanja
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description PURPOSE: Psycho-oncological screening is required to identify distressed patients and direct them to psycho-oncological care. In practice, screening procedure and related communication are still insufficient due to various barriers on the side of the medical team. The aim of this study is to evaluate the specifically developed training (OptiScreen training) on screening from nurses’ perspective. METHODS: N = 72 nurses from visceral–oncological care at Hanover Medical School received the 6-h training, which consisted of three modules and targeted topics around screening, psycho-oncology and communication. The training was evaluated using a pre- and post-questionnaire assessing screening knowledge, uncertainties and further satisfaction outcomes. RESULTS: Personal uncertainties were significantly reduced by the training (t(63) = − 13.32, p < .001, d = 1.67). General satisfaction with the training was achieved (62.0–98.6% satisfied with the training elements). Feasibility (69%) and general acceptance (94.3%) for the training were rated positively. CONCLUSION: The nurses rated the training as useful to reduce personal uncertainties regarding the screening process. Acceptability, feasibility and satisfaction with the training from the nursing perspective were achieved. The training contributes to minimizing barriers to inform about psycho-oncology and to recommend appropriate support services to patients. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00432-023-04936-3.
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spelling pubmed-104231552023-08-14 Should I call psycho-oncology? Training nurses on psycho-oncological screening reduces uncertainties Dreismann, Lara Schoknecht, Karoline Vogel, Arndt Zimmermann, Tanja J Cancer Res Clin Oncol Research PURPOSE: Psycho-oncological screening is required to identify distressed patients and direct them to psycho-oncological care. In practice, screening procedure and related communication are still insufficient due to various barriers on the side of the medical team. The aim of this study is to evaluate the specifically developed training (OptiScreen training) on screening from nurses’ perspective. METHODS: N = 72 nurses from visceral–oncological care at Hanover Medical School received the 6-h training, which consisted of three modules and targeted topics around screening, psycho-oncology and communication. The training was evaluated using a pre- and post-questionnaire assessing screening knowledge, uncertainties and further satisfaction outcomes. RESULTS: Personal uncertainties were significantly reduced by the training (t(63) = − 13.32, p < .001, d = 1.67). General satisfaction with the training was achieved (62.0–98.6% satisfied with the training elements). Feasibility (69%) and general acceptance (94.3%) for the training were rated positively. CONCLUSION: The nurses rated the training as useful to reduce personal uncertainties regarding the screening process. Acceptability, feasibility and satisfaction with the training from the nursing perspective were achieved. The training contributes to minimizing barriers to inform about psycho-oncology and to recommend appropriate support services to patients. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00432-023-04936-3. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2023-06-08 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10423155/ /pubmed/37291403 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00432-023-04936-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Should I call psycho-oncology? Training nurses on psycho-oncological screening reduces uncertainties
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title_fullStr Should I call psycho-oncology? Training nurses on psycho-oncological screening reduces uncertainties
title_full_unstemmed Should I call psycho-oncology? Training nurses on psycho-oncological screening reduces uncertainties
title_short Should I call psycho-oncology? Training nurses on psycho-oncological screening reduces uncertainties
title_sort should i call psycho-oncology? training nurses on psycho-oncological screening reduces uncertainties
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10423155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37291403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00432-023-04936-3
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