A cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals to determine what they believe constitutes 'specialist' care for teenage and young adult patients with cancer.

ABSTRACT: To examine the attitudes of UK healthcare professionals towards what they believe constitutes specialist care for teenage and young adult (TYA) patients with cancer, to determine which factors they considered to be the most important components of specialist TYA care, and whether opinion varied between clinical specialties and reflected the drivers for care improvements within National Health Service (NHS) policy. The study utilised a cross-sectional survey, using Likert scales, to assess attitudes towards specialist care. Responses were grouped using model-based clustering methods implemented in LatentGold 4.5. Participants from 98 NHS trusts in the UK were invited to participate in the study. 691 healthcare professionals involved in the management of TYA patients were approached; of thes

SUBMITTER: Birch RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3646178 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature