TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of cancer treatment summaries on patient-centered communication and quality of care for cancer survivors
T2 - A pooled cross-sectional HINTS analysis
AU - Swoboda, Christine M.
AU - Fareed, Naleef
AU - Walker, Daniel M.
AU - Huerta, Timothy R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was supported by a grant from the Ohio State University Department of Family Medicine Crisafi-Monte Endowment Fund . The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the sponsor.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/2
Y1 - 2020/2
N2 - Objective: Provision of cancer treatment summaries to patients is recommended to improve patient-centered communication (PCC). The objective of this study is to assess relationships between cancer treatment summary receipt, PCC, and quality of care (QOC). Methods: Linear and logistic regression of cross-sectional data from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) was conducted using data from years 2012, 2014, and 2017. The independent variable was receipt of treatment summary; the dependent variables were overall PCC score, six domains of PCC, and QOC. Results: In the pooled sample, 36.9% of patients with cancer treatment history reported receiving a treatment summary. There was a significant positive association between overall PCC score and treatment summary receipt, and higher odds of high scores for the PCC domains “responding to emotions” and “managing uncertainty.” We did not observe significant associations between treatment summary receipt and other PCC domains or QOC. Conclusion: Providing patients cancer treatment summaries may improve PCC, but fewer than half of patients reported receiving one of these summaries. Practice Implications: Providing cancer treatment summaries is important, however, providing them without engaging in additional communication may be insufficient to improve all patient-centered care domains or quality of care.
AB - Objective: Provision of cancer treatment summaries to patients is recommended to improve patient-centered communication (PCC). The objective of this study is to assess relationships between cancer treatment summary receipt, PCC, and quality of care (QOC). Methods: Linear and logistic regression of cross-sectional data from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) was conducted using data from years 2012, 2014, and 2017. The independent variable was receipt of treatment summary; the dependent variables were overall PCC score, six domains of PCC, and QOC. Results: In the pooled sample, 36.9% of patients with cancer treatment history reported receiving a treatment summary. There was a significant positive association between overall PCC score and treatment summary receipt, and higher odds of high scores for the PCC domains “responding to emotions” and “managing uncertainty.” We did not observe significant associations between treatment summary receipt and other PCC domains or QOC. Conclusion: Providing patients cancer treatment summaries may improve PCC, but fewer than half of patients reported receiving one of these summaries. Practice Implications: Providing cancer treatment summaries is important, however, providing them without engaging in additional communication may be insufficient to improve all patient-centered care domains or quality of care.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pec.2019.08.036
DO - 10.1016/j.pec.2019.08.036
M3 - Article
C2 - 31477514
AN - SCOPUS:85071477080
SN - 0738-3991
VL - 103
SP - 301
EP - 308
JO - Patient Education and Counseling
JF - Patient Education and Counseling
IS - 2
ER -
