Practitioners' perspective: a mixed-methods study on dealing with suicidality from the perspective of oncological healthcare professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Healthcare professionals (HCPs) play a critical role in suicide prevention and clinical guidelines recommend inquiring about suicidality as part of medical history and diagnosis. Emerging evidence indicates a lack of implementation of such policies in clinical practice. However, to date, no comprehensive mixed-methods study has examined this issue in the field of oncology.

Methods

A preregistered mixed-methods study was conducted with oncological HCPs (N = 20) from various professions, using semi-structured interviews and validated questionnaires. Employing an explorative theory-generating approach, qualitative content analysis was applied to the interviews. The different data sources are integrated and contrasted. Comparisons according to sociodemographic variables

SUBMITTER: Schwinn T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11775075 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature