Quality of integrated female oncofertility care is suboptimal: A patient-reported measurement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical practice guidelines recommend to inform female cancer patients about their infertility risks due to cancer treatment. Unfortunately, it seems that guideline adherence is suboptimal. In order to improve quality of integrated female oncofertility care, a systematic assessment of current practice is necessary.

Methods

A multicenter cross-sectional survey study in which a set of systematically developed quality indicators was processed, was conducted among female cancer patients (diagnosed in 2016/2017). These indicators represented all domains in oncofertility care; risk communication, referral, counseling, and decision-making. Indicator scores were calculated, and determinants were assessed by multilevel multivariate analyses.

Results

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SUBMITTER: van den Berg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9939180 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature