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Use of psychosocial checklist deemed helpful in screening and communicating psychosocial problems

Published in Cancer Weekly, October 17th, 2006

The use of a psychosocial checklist could be helpful in screening and communicating psychosocial problems during medical or nursing visits.

According to recent research from the Netherlands, "In this summary of literature, we evaluated 16 studies with respect to recognition and screening for psychosocial problems of cancer patients during nursing or medical visits, and with respect to the effects of providing quality of life information during these visits. A review of the literature was conducted. To obtain the relevant literature, a search was made of two databases: Medline and Nursing and Allied Health Literature."

"The literature from the last 12...

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