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Götz, A; Kröner, A; Jenewein, J; Spirig, R.
Adherence to the distress screening through oncology nurses and integration of screening results into the nursing process to adapt psychosocial nursing care five years after implementation.
Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2020; 45(1):101725-101725
Doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2020.101725
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- Addressing psychosocial distress is an essential part of cancer care. Therefore, nurses at the University Hospital Zurich have been screening all cancer inpatients with the Distress Thermometer (DT) since 2012. Screening is ineffective without any form of psychosocial intervention. We aimed to identify adherence to the screening protocol and how the reported problems influenced the nursing process. We compared changes in the documentation before and after screening implementation. This retrospective descriptive study used screening data and documentation of psychosocial items in the nursing process of inpatients at an oncologic ward. These data were compared with data obtained before screening implementation and were collected from electronic health records. All data were analyzed descriptively. 65% (N = 1111) of the 2166 inpatients were screened. With the implementation, more psycho-oncological referrals were made (4.5% vs. 11.7%) and more psychosocial issues were described in the nursing process (24.6% vs. 51.2%). Inpatients mentioned emotional problems in 37.5% (N = 353) and physical problems in 47.4% (N = 504) of cases. 15.7% (147) had a psychosocial nursing diagnosis. Only 10.7% (N = 26) of patients who noted anxiety, also had a nursing diagnosis of "anxiety". In contrast, 71.1% (N = 202) of patients who noted pain, had a nursing diagnosis of "pain". Although nurses are more sensitised to psychosocial issues after DT implementation, they do not use screening results to adapt nursing documentation to the psychosocial needs of the patients. Further studies are needed to investigate how distress screening and psychosocial issues can be integrated into nurses' daily work. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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