Bridging the Gap in Psychosocial Care for Cancer Survivors: Integrating Digital Screening With Navigation Call
Bridging the Gap in Psychosocial Care for Cancer Survivors: Integrating Digital Screening With Navigation Call
The study aims to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the implementation of a routine digital psychosocial screening combined with a psycho-oncological Navigation Call for cancer survivors after completion of primary treatment with the goal to improve identification of psychosocial needs and facilitate access to supportive care.
Cancer survivors frequently experience persistent psychosocial distress, including anxiety, fatigue, fear of recurrence, and reduced quality of life after completion of active treatment. Although routine distress screening is widely recommended, screening results alone often fail to translate into the utilization of psychosocial support services due to motivational, informational, and organizational barriers.
This single-centre prospective feasibility study evaluates a combined intervention consisting of routine digital patient-reported outcome screening and a structured psycho-oncological Navigation Call conducted shortly after follow-up consultation. The Navigation Call aims to discuss screening results, identify unmet psychosocial needs, address barriers to care, and facilitate referral to appropriate support services. The study primarily assesses the feasibility and acceptability of this intervention while also exploring psychosocial burden, support utilization, and reasons for accepting or declining psychosocial care.
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