Implementation of depression and anxiety screening in patients undergoing radiotherapy.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 29756069.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1136/bmjoq-2017-000034 and PMC identifier 5942403.
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Abstract
Anxiety and depression are disabling, underdiagnosed issues that affect the management of oncology patients. Until recently, there has been no standard protocol for screening and treating these ailments at our cancer centre. The purpose of this institutional review board-approved study was to analyse the implementation of a screening tool in our clinical workflow with the aim of screening over 90% of patients and increasing referrals to mental health services by 50%.