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  MO27 - Patient Centred Care (ID 141)

  • Event: WCLC 2013
  • Type: Mini Oral Abstract Session
  • Track: Nurses
  • Presentations: 1
  • Moderators:C. Broderick, J. McPhelim
  • Coordinates: 10/30/2013, 10:30 - 12:00, Bayside 104, Level 1

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    MO27.07 - Holistic Needs Assessment - What the patient doesn't tell us (ID 2813)

    10:30 - 12:00  |  Author(s): J. Roberts
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    Background
    All cancer survivors should have a personalised assessment and care plan, and support to self manage their condition (UK DoH 2010) The SPARC (Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral to Care) is a tool designed to be completed by the patient, with support from carers if needed, and forms the starting point for the holistic needs assessment process. SPARC is a screening questionnaire that explores a variety of issues and may help the patient/carers to reflect on their needs. The SPARC assessment tool was evaluated for its application utilising lung cancer patients who attended the Lung Cancer Clinic in Rotherham from 2011-2012.

    Methods
    100 patients responses utilising the SPARC assessment tool were analysed at various time points of their pathway including diagnosis, post treatment, disease recurrence and 5 years post discharge.

    Results
    The results analysed were in the domains of physical symptoms, communication and information issues, treatment issues, psychological symptoms and distress thermometer outcomes. Key results showed that: - all patients suffered with common symptoms from lung cancer; - were mostly concerned about the effect that their illnes was having on their family or other people; - many required input to help with their personal affairs; - psychological symptoms were evident in a significant proportion of patients; - the distress thermometer was an appropriate tool in this clinic. The results will be shown in detail in the poster.

    Conclusion
    The SPARC assessment tool is an efficient and validated audit tool for assessing patient concerns and to provide feedback to the patients healthcare team. In Rotherhamm the tool will continue to be utilised and evaluated and is offered to all patients at the first post treatment phase and when no further active treatment is planned. The tool is an appropriate audit tool for assessing patient concerns and to provide feedback to clinicians and community health care teams.

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