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Patient–provider discussion about emotional and social needs, mental health outcomes, and benefit finding among U.S. Adults living with cancer

Cancer Medicine May 28, 2021

Hong YR, Yadav S, Suk R, et al. - This study was undertaken to investigate if having a patient-provider discussion about cancer patients’ emotional and social needs is correlated with their psychological well-being. Researchers distinguished the cancer survivors in the United States (US) who reported having a detailed discussion about emotional and social needs during cancer care using the 2016–2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Experiences with Cancer Survivorship Supplement data. Multivariable logistic regression was used to evaluate the relationship between having a patient-provider discussion and the patients’ psychological well-being outcomes (depressive symptoms, severe psychological distress, and worrying about cancer recurrence/worsening condition) and benefit finding experience after a cancer diagnosis. Only 33.6% reported having a detailed patient-provider discussion about their emotional and social needs among 1,433 respondents (equivalent to 13.8 million cancer survivors in the US). It was shown that detailed patient-provider discussion about the cancer patients’ emotional and social needs was correlated with a lower likelihood of depressive symptoms and a higher likelihood of experiencing benefit finding. These observations stress the utility of improving the patient-provider discussion about psychosocial needs in cancer survivorship.

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