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dc.contributor.authorFidjeland, Heidi Lidal
dc.contributor.authorBrekke, Mette
dc.contributor.authorStokstad, Trine
dc.contributor.authorVistad, Ingvild
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-27T06:17:04Z
dc.date.available2019-05-27T06:17:04Z
dc.date.created2018-10-09T22:46:02Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 2018, 97 1325-1331.nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn0001-6349
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2598843
dc.description.abstractIntroduction Due to an increasing number of cancer patients, new follow‐up models are being debated, among them follow‐up by general practitioners. Before changing surveillance, it is important to explore patients’ views. The purpose of this study was to compare attitudes toward follow‐up care among patients treated for gynecological cancer who had not yet started a follow‐up regimen, with those who had been attending a hospital‐based follow‐up regimen for more than one year. Material and methods We conducted a cross‐sectional survey among gynecological cancer patients recruited from three Norwegian hospitals in 2013‐2015: Sørlandet Hospital Kristiansand, Sørlandet Hospital Arendal and St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim. Results In all, 239 patients agreed to participate, 100 who had not yet started follow‐up and 139 who had been attending more than one year of follow‐up. Patients reported that they preferred to be followed up by a gynecologist rather than by their GP, whom they viewed as less competent for this purpose. However, patients who had not yet started follow‐up were more willing to be followed up by a GP. Overall, patients rated detection of recurrence as the most important aspect of follow‐up visits. Conclusions The gynecological cancer patients in our study preferred a hospital‐based follow‐up model. However, patients who had not yet started follow‐up were more willing to be followed up by a GP. If follow‐up is to be provided by GPs for selected patients, it is important that these patients are informed early of the value and limitations of follow‐up visits, to ensure that they feel safe.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherWileynb_NO
dc.titleGynecological cancer patients' attitudes toward follow-up care after cancer treatment: Do preferences reflect patients' experience? A cross-sectional questionnaire studynb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionacceptedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber1325-1331nb_NO
dc.source.volume97nb_NO
dc.source.journalActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavicanb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/aogs.13396
dc.identifier.cristin1619196
dc.description.localcodeLocked until 12.6.2019 due to copyright restrictions. This is the peer reviewed version of an article, which has been published in final form at [https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.13396]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.nb_NO
cristin.unitcode194,65,15,0
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for klinisk og molekylær medisin
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