TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychosocial Assessment as a Standard of Care in Pediatric Cancer
AU - Kazak, Anne E.
AU - Abrams, Annah N.
AU - Banks, Jaime
AU - Christofferson, Jennifer
AU - Didonato, Stephen
AU - Grootenhuis, Martha A.
AU - Kabour, Marianne
AU - Madan-Swain, Avi
AU - Patel, Sunita K.
AU - Zadeh, Sima
AU - Kupst, Mary Jo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Pediatric oncology
KW - Psychosocial assessment
KW - Screening
KW - Standards of care
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U2 - 10.1002/pbc.25730
DO - 10.1002/pbc.25730
M3 - Article
C2 - 26700916
AN - SCOPUS:84952670969
SN - 1545-5009
VL - 62
SP - S426-S459
JO - Pediatric Blood and Cancer
JF - Pediatric Blood and Cancer
ER -