Continuous distress in an Oncology Clinic in Turkey: Should we make use of the distress thermometer mandatory as a precautionary measure for physicians?

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dc.authoridSumbul, Ahmet Taner/0000-0002-5573-906X
dc.authoridBesen, Ayberk/0000-0002-7862-0192
dc.authoridOzyilkan, Ozgur/0000-0001-8825-4918
dc.authoridsezer, ahmet/0000-0002-6445-1439
dc.contributor.authorSumbul, Ahmet Taner
dc.contributor.authorSezer, Ahmet
dc.contributor.authorAbali, Huseyin
dc.contributor.authorDicel, Umut
dc.contributor.authorGultepe, Ilhami
dc.contributor.authorBesen, Ali Ayberk
dc.contributor.authorOzyilkan, Ozgur
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-18T20:15:16Z
dc.date.available2024-09-18T20:15:16Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractPurpose: To study the data on the distress scale points (DSP) of patients in oncology clinics in relation to age, the reasons for admission to the hospital, the educational status and the family support. Methods: Six hundred and fifty three patients diagnosed with malignancies were enrolled. All of the patients were asked to fill in a questionnaire that included data about their demographic characteristics, diagnoses, the cause of hospital admission and the educational status. The family support of each patient was observed and noted by clinicians and other healthcare providers during the clinical visits. Results: The mean patient age was 54.8 years (+/- SD 13.7). Of the patients 314 (48.1%) were male and 339 (51.9%) female. The median DSP for the group that included patients <35 years of age was 3; this was 5 for the 36-49 age group, 4 for the 50-69 age group and 4.5 for the >70 age group. A statistically significant difference in DSP between these groups was noticed (p=0.035). The DSP for patients <35 years of age was lower than that of the other age groups. The median DSP for the patients presenting to the outpatient clinic for adjuvant therapy was 5; this was 5 for patients presenting for palliative therapy, and 3 in the active surveillance group, and a statistically significant relationship was determined between the DSP and the reason for admission to the outpatient clinic (p<0.001). The patients that had presented to the outpatient clinic for active surveillance had statistically significantly lower DSP compared to the other groups (p<0.05). Conclusions: Distress in oncology clinics seems to be continuous; thus, the use of distress thermometer as a precautionary measure for distress development in patients with malignancies should be mandatory to help medical oncologists understand the psychosocial needs of their patients and start to treat them as a human beings.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage811en_US
dc.identifier.issn1107-0625
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.pmid25261671en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84908416916en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage807en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/9541
dc.identifier.volume19en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000342963300032en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherZerbinis Medical Publen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Buonen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectdistressen_US
dc.subjectdistress thermometeren_US
dc.subjectoncology clinicsen_US
dc.titleContinuous distress in an Oncology Clinic in Turkey: Should we make use of the distress thermometer mandatory as a precautionary measure for physicians?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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