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| Title |
Lifestyle advice provision to teenage and young adult cancer patients: the perspective of health professionals in the UK
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| Published in |
Supportive Care in Cancer, July 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00520-017-3814-5 |
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| Authors |
Gemma Pugh, Rachael Hough, Helen Gravestock, Kate Williams, Abigail Fisher |
| Abstract |
Health professionals are an important source of information for teenage and young adult (TYA) cancer patients. However, little is known about health professionals' provision of lifestyle advice to young people with cancer who are in their care. An online survey was distributed to health professionals within the UK who identified themselves as working with TYA cancer patients. Health professional awareness of lifestyle guidance, provision of lifestyle advice to young people and views on lifestyle information format and delivery were explored. Ninety-five health professionals (44% nurses; 28% allied health professionals; 17% physicians) completed the survey. The majority (72%) of respondents were aware of some lifestyle guidance for cancer patients. However, less than half of TYA health professionals (46%) were able to successfully recall the source of the guidelines and less than a third reported proving specific advice to the majority of their patients on weight management, smoking, alcohol consumption and sun safety. Many health professionals (38%) felt that they were not the right person to provide advice and cited lack of resources as a key barrier to advice provision. The majority (95%) reported being interested in a resource containing relevant lifestyle information that could be given to young people with cancer. TYA health professionals' awareness of lifestyle guidance and provision of advice regarding health behaviour is sub-optimal. Clear and comprehensive guidance written specifically for TYA health professionals could overcome the reported barriers and improve professionals' confidence in addressing and providing advice on lifestyle to young people with cancer. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 21 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 10 | 48% |
| Brazil | 1 | 5% |
| Ireland | 1 | 5% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 5% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 7 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 14 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 19% |
| Scientists | 3 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 59 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 59 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 7% |
| Researcher | 4 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 9 | 15% |
| Unknown | 24 | 41% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 6 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 8% |
| Engineering | 3 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 10% |
| Unknown | 30 | 51% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 August 2018.
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#2,218,770
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Outputs from Supportive Care in Cancer
#350
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#41,023
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#12
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