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Proactive community support tailored to holistic needs: A cohort study
Snowden, Austyn; Young, Jenny; Savinc, Jan
Authors
Jenny Young
Jan Savinc J.Savinc@napier.ac.uk
Research Fellow
Abstract
Background:
It is increasingly internationally recognised that a cancer diagnosis impacts on people practically and financially as well as physically and psychologically. It is less clear what to do about this. This study introduces an original community service designed to mitigate this wider impact. Non-clinical ‘link officers’ use holistic needs assessment (HNA) to help newly diagnosed people identify and quantify the severity of their physical, psychological, practical, financial and social concerns. A care plan is then agreed, usually involving community interventions from partner agencies. Following intervention, assessment is repeated. The primary aim of this study was to establish whether there was a significant difference between initial assessment and follow up, post intervention. Secondary aim was to identify potential predictors of increased levels of concern at baseline and follow-up.
Method:
Pre–post intervention observational cohort study. Paired t-test examined the difference in mean (SD) concern severity between baseline and follow-up. Multiple linear regression models were computed to hypothesise potential predictors of initial concern severity, and severity change.
Results
The service saw 2413 people 2014-2017. Participants identified average 5.5 (4.7) concerns, financial concerns being most frequent. Mean severity at baseline was 7.12 (out of 10) (2.50), reducing to 3.83 (3.49) post-treatment, paired t(4454)=64.68, p
Citation
Snowden, A., Young, J., & Savinc, J. (2018). Proactive community support tailored to holistic needs: A cohort study. Cancer Medicine, 7(9), 4836-4845. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1709
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 5, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Aug 13, 2018 |
Publication Date | 2018-09 |
Deposit Date | Jul 16, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 13, 2018 |
Journal | Cancer Medicine |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 7 |
Issue | 9 |
Pages | 4836-4845 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1709 |
Keywords | Cancer, link officers, holistic needs assessment (HNA), care plan, community interventions, partner agencies |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1244485 |
Contract Date | Jul 5, 2018 |
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This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.© 2018 The Authors. Cancer Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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