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Introducing a time out consultation with the general practitioner between diagnosis and start of colorectal cancer treatment: Patient‐reported outcomes

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the introduction of a “time out consultation” with the general practitioner (GP) recommended to patients following the diagnosis of colorectal carcinoma (CRC) before start of treatment. METHODS: A prospective study using questionnaires to compare the number of GP consultations...

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Autores principales: Wieldraaijer, Thijs, de Meij, Marike, Zwaard, Sophie, van Weert, Henk, Wind, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7074010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31469193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecc.13141
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author Wieldraaijer, Thijs
de Meij, Marike
Zwaard, Sophie
van Weert, Henk
Wind, Jan
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Zwaard, Sophie
van Weert, Henk
Wind, Jan
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description OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the introduction of a “time out consultation” with the general practitioner (GP) recommended to patients following the diagnosis of colorectal carcinoma (CRC) before start of treatment. METHODS: A prospective study using questionnaires to compare the number of GP consultations, with their content and outcomes before and after the introduction of an additional consultation with the GP to improve decision‐making and adequate support. RESULTS: 72 patients before and 98 patients after the introduction of the “time out consultation” participated. Introduction of the consultation increased the number of patients to contact their GP from 67% to 80%, but did not change kind or content of the consultations. Patients felt the consultation was comforting and were more satisfied with the GP after the introduction. There was no difference in outcomes measured by the questionnaires in all patients combined, but men, older patients and patients with palliative treatment options only did improve on specific outcomes after the introduction. CONCLUSION: The introduction of the “time out consultation” did not change the kind or content of GP consultations before start of CRC treatment, but patients did feel more comforted and satisfied. Subgroups of patients benefited on specific outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-70740102020-03-17 Introducing a time out consultation with the general practitioner between diagnosis and start of colorectal cancer treatment: Patient‐reported outcomes Wieldraaijer, Thijs de Meij, Marike Zwaard, Sophie van Weert, Henk Wind, Jan Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) Original Articles OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the introduction of a “time out consultation” with the general practitioner (GP) recommended to patients following the diagnosis of colorectal carcinoma (CRC) before start of treatment. METHODS: A prospective study using questionnaires to compare the number of GP consultations, with their content and outcomes before and after the introduction of an additional consultation with the GP to improve decision‐making and adequate support. RESULTS: 72 patients before and 98 patients after the introduction of the “time out consultation” participated. Introduction of the consultation increased the number of patients to contact their GP from 67% to 80%, but did not change kind or content of the consultations. Patients felt the consultation was comforting and were more satisfied with the GP after the introduction. There was no difference in outcomes measured by the questionnaires in all patients combined, but men, older patients and patients with palliative treatment options only did improve on specific outcomes after the introduction. CONCLUSION: The introduction of the “time out consultation” did not change the kind or content of GP consultations before start of CRC treatment, but patients did feel more comforted and satisfied. Subgroups of patients benefited on specific outcomes. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-08-30 2019-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7074010/ /pubmed/31469193 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecc.13141 Text en © 2019 The Authors. European Journal of Cancer Care published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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title_full_unstemmed Introducing a time out consultation with the general practitioner between diagnosis and start of colorectal cancer treatment: Patient‐reported outcomes
title_short Introducing a time out consultation with the general practitioner between diagnosis and start of colorectal cancer treatment: Patient‐reported outcomes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7074010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31469193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecc.13141
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