Which self-management strategies do health care professionals recommend to their cancer patients?

• Verfasst von: Ungar, Nadine [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Schmidt, Laura [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Gabrian, Martina [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Haussmann, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Tsiouris, Angeliki [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Sieverding, Monika [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Steindorf, Karen [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Wiskemann, Joachim [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Which self-management strategies do health care professionals recommend to their cancer patients?
• Titelzusatz: An experimental investigation of patient age and treatment phase
• Verf.angabe: Nadine Ungar, Laura Schmidt, Martina Gabrian, Alexander Haussmann, Angeliki Tsiouris, Monika Sieverding, Karen Steindorf, Joachim Wiskemann
• Jahr: 2019
• Jahr des Originals: 2018
• Umfang: 11 S.
• Fussnoten: First Online: 23 October 2018 ; Gesehen am 12.06.2019
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Journal of behavioral medicine
• Ort Quelle: Dordrecht [u.a.] : Springer Science + Business Media B.V., 1978
• Jahr Quelle: 2019
• Band/Heft Quelle: 42(2019), 2, Seite 342-352
• ISSN Quelle: 1573-3521
• DOI: doi:10.1007/s10865-018-9980-1
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Cancer
• Sach-SW: Health care professionals
• Sach-SW: Perceived control
• Sach-SW: Physical activity
• Sach-SW: Self-management
• Sach-SW: Vignette study
• K10plus-PPN: 1667284142

Abstract

This vignette based study aimed to examine recommendations of health care professionals (HCPs) in promoting self-management strategies to cancer patients. Nine-hundred-forty-two physicians and nurses were asked to (1) indicate if they would recommend self-management strategies to a vignette cancer patient, and (2) to specify those in an open format. Vignettes included a manipulation of patient age (60 vs. 75 years) and treatment phase (currently treated versus treatment completed). Six categories emerged through coding a total of 2303 recommendations: physical activity (71.8%), nutrition (64.3%), psychological support (36.7%), medical support (29.2%), conscious living (17.2%) and naturopathy (12.3%). While psychological support was particularly recommended during treatment, physical activity was more frequently recommended after completion of treatment. Results suggest that HCPs recommend a variety of self-management strategies besides standard medical treatment. Patient's treatment phase and age seem to partly influence recommendation behavior, potentially indicating insecurities regarding acute treatment situations and age-related stereotypes.