- Title
- Experiences of patient-centered care among Japanese and Australian cancer outpatients: results of a cross-sectional study
- Creator
- Carey, Mariko L.; Uchida, Megumi; Zucca, Alison C.; Okuyama, Toru; Akechi, Tatsuo; Sanson-Fisher, Rob W.
- Relation
- NHMRC.APP1136168 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1136168
- Relation
- Journal of Patient Experience Vol. 8, Issue April 2021, p. 1-9
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23743735211007690
- Publisher
- Sage
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- There have been few international comparisons of patient-centered cancer care delivery. This study aimed to compare the experiences of patient-centered care (PCC) of Japanese and Australian radiation oncology patients. Participants were adults with cancer attending a radiotherapy appointment at a Japanese or Australian clinic. Participants completed a survey asking about 10 indicators of PCC. Overall, 259 Japanese and 285 Australian patients participated. Compared with Japanese participants, Australian participants were significantly more likely to report receiving information about: what the treatment is, and the short-term and long-term side effects of treatment. A higher proportion of Australian participants reported being asked whether they wanted a friend or family member present at the consultation. There were no differences in the frequency with which Japanese and Australian participants were asked by their clinicians about whether they were experiencing physical side effects or emotional distress. International differences highlight the (1) need to exercise caution when generalizing from one country to another; and (2) the importance of context in understanding PCC delivery and the subsequent design of quality improvement interventions.
- Subject
- cancer; oncology; patient-centered care; radiation; quality of care; international comparison; evaluation; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1456326
- Identifier
- uon:45208
- Identifier
- ISSN:2374-3735
- Rights
- Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
- Language
- eng
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