Development of screening questions for doctor-patient consultation assessing the quality of life and psychosocial burden of glioma patients: an explorative study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Psychosocial screening for glioma patients is challenging because many patients suffer from neurocognitive deficits, which may impair assessment. This study's aim was to exploratively develop three screening questions for unmet needs to prospectively be applicable in patient-doctor consultation.

Methods

Patient interviews, a survey for health-care professionals and a weighted scoring procedure were developed for this study. Six main areas were defined according to main areas of validated questionnaires (psyche, cognition, body, role functioning, social support, unmet needs). Patients and health-care professionals rated the importance of these areas and corresponding items, patients additionally stated whether the issues addressed affected them.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Voß H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8068662 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature