Haun, Markus W. and Sklenarova, Halina and Zimmermann-Schlegel, Verena and Herzog, Wolfgang and Hartmann, Mechthild (2018) Psycho-oncology care in rural areas. Results from a cross-sectional survey on the utilisation of community-based psychosocial support services. BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLATT-GESUNDHEITSFORSCHUNG-GESUNDHEITSSCHUTZ, 61 (1). pp. 89-97. ISSN 1436-9990, 1437-1588
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Clinically relevant distress and unmet psychosocial needs frequently occur in the course of cancer diseases. Particularly for thinly populated rural areas in Germany rates of distressed patients and uptake of community-based psycho-oncology services are unknown. Determination of a) the proportion of cancer patients with psychosocial distress and unmet needs and b) the utilisation of community-based psycho-oncology services in thinly populated rural areas. Prospective cross-sectional study of 229 cancer patients (colon, breast, prostate cancer) living in thinly populated rural areas. Indicators for clinically relevant distress and utilisation of psychosocial services were assessed by applying screening instruments. We conducted descriptive and multivariate analyses. More than one third of all cancer patients (39.3%) in thinly populated areas exhibited clinically relevant distress. However, only 15.6% of distressed patients consulted community-based psycho-oncology services. Most frequently, medical or psychological psychotherapists were contacted. Information deficits of patients and attending physicians alongside dispositional factors emerged as the main reasons for non-utilisation. This study presents first data on psycho-oncology care in rural areas in Germany stratifying the degree of urbanisation in line with the standards of the European Commission. Concerning limitations, we only accounted for structural service coverage, leaving aside other indicators for socio-spatial deprivation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CANCER-PATIENTS; MENTAL-HEALTH; DISTRESS; DEPRESSION; ANXIETY; NEEDS; PREVALENCE; CAREGIVERS; SURVIVORS; GERMANY; Health services research; Psycho-oncology; Uptake; Rural; Survey |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2020 06:14 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2020 06:14 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/15487 |
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