Cancer knowledge and health-consciousness in childhood cancer survivors following transition into adult care-results from the ACCS project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knowledge on chronic medical conditions in childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) is constantly growing and underlines that long-term follow-up (LTFU) care is often mandatory, also in adulthood. However, many CCSs discontinue follow-up care after transition to adult care. One reason might be that the current transition practices do not meet the needs of adolescent and young adult CCSs. We therefore aim to evaluate different transition models for Swiss CCSs by assessing their cancer knowledge, cancer worries, self-management skills, and expectations for LTFU care, following transition in two different hospital-based models.

Methods

Within the Aftercare of Childhood Cancer Survivors (ACCS) study, we performed a questionnaire-based survey with a cross-sectional and longit

SUBMITTER: Otth M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9483214 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature