Oncology distress screening within predominately Black Veterans: Outcomes on supportive care utilization, hospitalizations, and mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We evaluated whether patients' initial screening symptoms were related to subsequent utilization of supportive care services and hospitalizations, and whether patient-level demographics, symptoms, hospitalizations, and supportive care service utilization were associated with mortality in primarily low-income, older, Black Veterans with cancer.

Methods

This quality improvement project created collaborative clinics to conduct cancer distress screenings and refer to supportive care services at an urban, VA medical center. All patients completed a distress screen with follow-up screening every 3 months. Supportive care utilization, hospitalization rates, and mortality were abstracted through medical records. Poisson regression models and cox proportional hazard models

SUBMITTER: Azizoddin DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10134375 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature