Psychosocial Assessment as a Standard of Care in Pediatric Cancer

This paper presents the evidence for a standard of care for psychosocial assessment in pediatric cancer. An interdisciplinary group of investigators utilized EBSCO, PubMed, PsycINFO, Ovid, and Google Scholar search databases, focusing on five areas: youth/family psychosocial adjustment, family resou...

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Published in:Pediatric blood & cancer 2015-12, Vol.62 (S5), p.S426-S459
Main Authors: Kazak, Anne E., Abrams, Annah N., Banks, Jaime, Christofferson, Jennifer, DiDonato, Stephen, Grootenhuis, Martha A., Kabour, Marianne, Madan-Swain, Avi, Patel, Sunita K., Zadeh, Sima, Kupst, Mary Jo
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Language:English
Subjects:
Humans
Medical Oncology - standards
Patient Care Team - standards
pediatric oncology
Pediatrics - standards
psychosocial assessment
screening
Social Support
standards of care
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Summary:This paper presents the evidence for a standard of care for psychosocial assessment in pediatric cancer. An interdisciplinary group of investigators utilized EBSCO, PubMed, PsycINFO, Ovid, and Google Scholar search databases, focusing on five areas: youth/family psychosocial adjustment, family resources, family/social support, previous history/premorbid functioning, and family structure/function. Descriptive quantitative studies, systematic reviews, and meta‐analyses (n = 149) were reviewed and evaluated using grading of recommendations, assessment development, and evaluation (GRADE) criteria. There is high quality evidence to support a strong recommendation for multifaceted, systematic assessments of psychosocial health care needs of youth with cancer and their families as a standard of care in pediatric oncology. Pediatr Blood Cancer © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
ISSN:1545-5009
1545-5017
DOI:10.1002/pbc.25730