Cancer Care Professionals' Attitudes Toward Systematic Standardized Symptom Assessment and the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System After Large-Scale Population-Based Implementation in Ontario, Canada

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 662-672.e8

  Pereira, José L ^a,b   Chasen, Martin R ^a,b   Molloy, Sean ^c   Amernic, Heidi ^d   Brundage, Michael D ^d,e   Green, Esther ^f   Kurkjian, Serena ^g   Krzyzanowska, Monika K ^d,h,i   Mahase, Wenonah ^d   Shabestari, Omid ^d,h   Tabing, Reena ^d   Klinger, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f NB   (Canada)

^g CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer professionals; Edmonton Symptom Assessment System; ESAS; patient reported outcome measurement; patient reported outcomes; PROM; PROs; systematic symptom assessment

Indexed keywords

CANCER CENTER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SCREENING; STAFF; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84977616494     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.11.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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