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Rehabilitation Needs of Head and Neck Cancer Patients and Stakeholders: Case Study

BACKGROUND: The incidents of Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) are rising worldwide, suggesting that this type of cancer is becoming more common. The foreseen growth of incidents signifies that future rehabilitation services will have to meet the needs of a wider population. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this pape...

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Autores principales: Karampela, Maria, Porat, Talya, Mylonopoulou, Vasiliki, Isomursu, Minna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8499693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34631516
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.670790
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author Karampela, Maria
Porat, Talya
Mylonopoulou, Vasiliki
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description BACKGROUND: The incidents of Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) are rising worldwide, suggesting that this type of cancer is becoming more common. The foreseen growth of incidents signifies that future rehabilitation services will have to meet the needs of a wider population. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to explore the needs of patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals during HNC rehabilitation. METHODS: This paper reports the empirical findings from a case study that was conducted in a cancer rehabilitation center in Copenhagen to elicit the needs of HNC cancer patients, informal caregivers and healthcare professionals. RESULTS: Four areas of needs during the rehabilitation process were identified: service delivery, emotional, social and physical needs. Service delivery needs and emotional needs have been identified as the most prevalent. CONCLUSIONS: Stakeholders’ needs during the rehabilitation process were found to be interrelated. All stakeholders faced service delivery challenges in the form of provision and distribution of information, including responsibilities allocation between municipalities, hospitals and rehabilitation services. Emotional and social needs have been reported by HNC patients and informal caregivers, underlining the importance of inclusion of all actors in the design of future healthcare interventions. Connected Health (CH) solutions could be valuable in provision and distribution of information.
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spelling pubmed-84996932021-10-09 Rehabilitation Needs of Head and Neck Cancer Patients and Stakeholders: Case Study Karampela, Maria Porat, Talya Mylonopoulou, Vasiliki Isomursu, Minna Front Oncol Oncology BACKGROUND: The incidents of Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) are rising worldwide, suggesting that this type of cancer is becoming more common. The foreseen growth of incidents signifies that future rehabilitation services will have to meet the needs of a wider population. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to explore the needs of patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals during HNC rehabilitation. METHODS: This paper reports the empirical findings from a case study that was conducted in a cancer rehabilitation center in Copenhagen to elicit the needs of HNC cancer patients, informal caregivers and healthcare professionals. RESULTS: Four areas of needs during the rehabilitation process were identified: service delivery, emotional, social and physical needs. Service delivery needs and emotional needs have been identified as the most prevalent. CONCLUSIONS: Stakeholders’ needs during the rehabilitation process were found to be interrelated. All stakeholders faced service delivery challenges in the form of provision and distribution of information, including responsibilities allocation between municipalities, hospitals and rehabilitation services. Emotional and social needs have been reported by HNC patients and informal caregivers, underlining the importance of inclusion of all actors in the design of future healthcare interventions. Connected Health (CH) solutions could be valuable in provision and distribution of information. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8499693/ /pubmed/34631516 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.670790 Text en Copyright © 2021 Karampela, Porat, Mylonopoulou and Isomursu https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Mylonopoulou, Vasiliki
Isomursu, Minna
Rehabilitation Needs of Head and Neck Cancer Patients and Stakeholders: Case Study
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title_fullStr Rehabilitation Needs of Head and Neck Cancer Patients and Stakeholders: Case Study
title_full_unstemmed Rehabilitation Needs of Head and Neck Cancer Patients and Stakeholders: Case Study
title_short Rehabilitation Needs of Head and Neck Cancer Patients and Stakeholders: Case Study
title_sort rehabilitation needs of head and neck cancer patients and stakeholders: case study
topic Oncology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8499693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34631516
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.670790
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