Treatment Summary and Care Plan for Breast Cancer Survivors: acceptability and feasibility study.

to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of the Treatment Summary and Care Plan for Breast Cancer Survivors (TSSCP-P Br) document.

this was a cross-sectional, quantitative and qualitative study involving women who had completed treatment for breast cancer (n=50) and nurses (n=10) who incorporated the document into the care plan at outpatient follow-up appointments during the experimental phase of a clinical study. The feasibility and acceptability questionnaires were administered in the last data collection stage of the experiment. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and content analysis.

in the evaluation of the surviving women, feasibility showed retention of 98.0% and adherence of 99.3%. Acceptability in terms of suitability, convenience, efficacy and adherence reached 81.6%. From the professionals' perspective, feasibility and acceptability were 84.2%, in terms of suitability, convenience, effectiveness, risks, availability, training, fidelity, reach and resources. The document was praised and the main problems in practice were pointed out, such as professional experience.

the Treatment Summary and Care Plan proved to be feasible and acceptable for the clinical practice of caring for women who have survived breast cancer.