Assessing patients' experiences with communication across the cancer care continuum.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the relevance, performance and potential usefulness of the Patient Assessment of cancer Communication Experiences (PACE) items.

Methods

Items focusing on specific communication goals related to exchanging information, fostering healing relationships, responding to emotions, making decisions, enabling self-management, and managing uncertainty were tested via a retrospective, cross-sectional survey of adults who had been diagnosed with cancer. Analyses examined response frequencies, inter-item correlations, and coefficient alpha.

Results

A total of 366 adults were included in the analyses. Relatively few selected Does Not Apply, suggesting that items tap relevant communication experiences. Ratings of whether specific communication goals were achiev

SUBMITTER: Mazor KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4931971 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature