Impact of psychological screening on routine outpatient care of hematopoietic cell transplantation survivors.

ABSTRACT: Hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients are at high risk for psychological distress, with reported prevalence rates as high as 40%. Although published guidelines advocate periodic routine screening, it is unclear how screening affects management of psychological symptoms at routine post-HCT outpatient clinic visits. We hypothesized that providers will be more likely to act on patients' psychological symptoms if a screening survey is completed and reviewed before a clinic visit. We used a brief, diagnostically focused Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ), to assess for depressive disorders, anxiety, substance abuse, and problems in occupational or interpersonal functioning (functional disruption). Adult HCT survivors were randomized to complete the PHQ before meeting with their medical

SUBMITTER: Hoodin F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5605293 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature