Benefits of psychosocial oncology care: improved quality of life and medical cost offset.
Benefits of psychosocial oncology care: improved quality of life and medical cost offset.
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DOI：
10.1186/1477-7525-1-8
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发表时间：
2003-04-17
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Bultz BD
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作者：
Carlson LE;Bultz BD
全球范围内的癌症负担继续增长，每年新发病例和死亡人数不断增加。在疾病发展的各个阶段，相当一部分癌症患者会因癌症诊断和治疗而遭受社会、情感和心理上的痛苦。心理社会干预已被证明是有效的，可以帮助患者和家属面对在这一困难时期出现的许多问题。本文回顾了文献，详细介绍了患者的痛苦程度，治疗这种痛苦程度所需的人员配备，以及心理社会治疗对癌症患者的疗效。其次是精神健康，其他医疗人群，和癌症患者的医疗成本抵消的文献摘要，支持的概念，心理社会干预措施不仅有效，而且经济。结论支持采取全人的方法，越来越多的医疗保健专业人员所倡导的，这不仅有助于治疗癌症患者的情感和社会方面，而且还提供了相当大的长期成本节省负担过重的医疗保健系统。
The burden of cancer in the worldwide context continues to grow, with an increasing number of new cases and deaths each year. A significant proportion of cancer patients at all stages of the disease trajectory will suffer social, emotional and psychological distress as a result of cancer diagnosis and treatment. Psychosocial interventions have proven efficacious for helping patients and families confront the many issues that arise during this difficult time. This paper reviews the literature detailing the extent of distress in patients, the staffing needed to treat such levels of distress, and the efficacy of psychosocial treatments for cancer patients. This is followed by a summary of the literature on medical cost offset in mental health, other medical populations, and in cancer patients, which supports the notion that psychosocial interventions are not only effective, but also economical. Conclusions support taking a whole-person approach, as advocated by a growing number of health care professionals, which would not only help to treat the emotional and social aspects of living with cancer, but also provide considerable long-term cost savings to overburdened health-care systems.