Incorporating the Distress Thermometer into preoperative vital signs in patients undergoing ambulatory oncology surgery: a pilot feasibility study.

IF 1.5 4区医学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-17 DOI:10.1080/07347332.2024.2351038

Jennifer Ross Majumdar, Melissa Assel, Aimee Dannaoui, Alexandria Fatata-Haim, Jillian Fromkin, Christian Nelson, Vincent Laudone, Sigrid V Carlsson

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Abstract

Background: Despite the extensive literature supporting distress screening at relevant transitions of care, the implementation of distress screening remains limited in ambulatory surgery settings. Our multidisciplinary team completed a pilot study to assess the feasibility and acceptability of including a standardized psychosocial assessment, the Distress Thermometer (DT), with the collection of admission vital signs by Patient Care Technicians (PCTs) in patients undergoing oncology surgery.

Methods: We assessed feasibility by the response rate and acceptability through discussions with the PCTs.

Results: Of the 189 men who underwent radical prostatectomy at our center, 71 were approached with the DT scale, and all patients who were approached completed the DT with no missing data. The staff reported no issues with data collection. A total of 21/71 (30%; 95% CI 19%, 42%) reported a clinically relevant distress DT ≥ 4.

Conclusion: Our results demonstrated that incorporating the DT into vital sign collection was feasible, acceptable, and provided a valuable assessment.

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将窘迫温度计纳入接受非住院肿瘤手术患者的术前生命体征：一项试点可行性研究。

背景：尽管有大量文献支持在相关护理过渡阶段进行窘迫筛查，但在门诊手术环境中，窘迫筛查的实施仍然有限。我们的多学科团队完成了一项试点研究，评估了在患者护理技师（PCT）收集肿瘤手术患者入院生命体征的同时纳入标准化心理社会评估--窘迫温度计（DT）的可行性和可接受性：方法：我们通过与患者护理技师讨论，根据回复率和可接受性评估了可行性：结果：在本中心接受根治性前列腺切除术的 189 名男性患者中，有 71 人接受了 DT 量表，所有接受量表的患者都完成了 DT，无数据缺失。据工作人员报告，在数据收集方面没有出现任何问题。共有 21/71 例患者（30%；95% CI 19%，42%）报告临床相关窘迫 DT ≥ 4.结论：我们的研究结果表明，将 DT 纳入生命体征采集是可行的、可接受的，并能提供有价值的评估。

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Journal of Psychosocial Oncology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： Here is your single source of integrated information on providing the best psychosocial care possible from the knowledge available from many disciplines.The Journal of Psychosocial Oncology is an essential source for up-to-date clinical and research material geared toward health professionals who provide psychosocial services to cancer patients, their families, and their caregivers. The journal—the first interdisciplinary resource of its kind—is in its third decade of examining exploratory and hypothesis testing and presenting program evaluation research on critical areas, including: the stigma of cancer; employment and personal problems facing cancer patients; patient education.