Systemic screening of distress: Portraits and cross-examination of the various stakeholders’ perceptions, clinical perspectives, and research—Part 1

Abstract

This article presents the findings of the first phase of a study with an exploratory sequential mixed research design (Creswell & Plano Clarke, 2007). It was made possible by financial support from the Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology and the Fondation de l'hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, a fund administered by the hospital's Centre d'excellence en soins infirmiers.

Systematic screening of distress: Portraits and cross-examination of the various stakeholders’ perceptions, clinical perspectives, and research—Part 2

“…However, this reduction occurred whether or not the referral had been accepted or refused, except in the case of social issues where levels of distress were significantly lowered when the patient accepted. These results may indicate both the cancer clientele's capacity for resiliency and the benefits of support and education, mainly by nurses, that go greatly undocumented (De Marinis, et al, 2010;Tremblay et al, 2017).…”

“…n our study's first phase, which dealt with the screening of distress in breast or hematological cancer patients and was the topic of Part 1 of this article (Tremblay et al, 2017), we painted a portrait of the distress of these two groups of participants. We highlighted that although nearly 34% (33.9%) of our sample (N=532 participants) reached a clinical score of 5 or more on the Distress Thermometer (DT), only a low percentage (22.7%) wished to receive help with problems expressed in the screening process.…”