Relationships between health literacy, having a cancer care coordinator, and long-term health-related quality of life among cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Care coordination is a strategy to reduce healthcare navigation challenges for cancer patients. The objectives of this study were to assess the association between having a cancer care coordinator (CCC) and long-term health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and to evaluate whether this association differed by level of health literacy.

Methods

A population-based sample of survivors diagnosed with breast, prostate, or colorectal cancer in 2015 from the Iowa Cancer Registry participated in an online survey conducted in 2017-2018 (N = 368). Chi-squared tests and logistic regression were used to model the association between patient characteristics and having a cancer care coordinator. Linear regression was used to model the association between patient perception of having

SUBMITTER: Del Vecchio NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8551039 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature