Patient-Perceived Barriers to the Psychological Care of Japanese Patients with Lung Cancer
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OBJECTIVE: Although cancer patients frequently experience psychological distress, few cancer patients with psychological distress receive appropriate psychological care. The purpose of this study was to investigate the type and frequency of barriers to receive psychological care in patients with lung cancer. METHODS: Randomly selected ambulatory patients with lung cancer participated in the study. A self-administered questionnaire developed for this study was used to assess patient-perceived barriers toward psychological care provided in a medical context. Factor analysis indicated that this scale mapped four domains; emotional communication with their physicians, psychiatric consultation, psychotropic medication and counseling. The patients' demographic factors and levels of past and current psychological distress were also assessed to reveal potential factors associated with patient-perceived barriers to psychological care. RESULTS: Complete data were available from 100 patients. The mean (SD) age of the patients was 65.4 (9.8) years; more than 80% were male, and 77% suffered from advanced stage lung cancer. Lack of correct information and/or misunderstanding of treatments was found to be a major barrier for all four treatment options in common. Negative opinions toward the use of psychotropics were more frequent than those toward counseling. Patients with severe psychological distress were significantly more likely to report a reluctance to undergo psychiatric consultation than those without psychological distress. CONCLUSIONS: Lung cancer patients commonly experienced concerns to utilize psychological care. Encouragement from physicians to discuss emotional aspects and the provision of sufficient information regarding psychological care may be useful to alleviate such concerns. Medical staff should also be aware that severe psychological distress may itself be related to a reluctance to undergo psychiatric consultation.
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- Authors
- Endo, C., Akechi, T., Okuyama, T., Seto, T., Kato, M., Seki, N., Eguchi, K., Hosaka, T., & Furukawa, T. A.
- Affiliations
- Tokai University (JP)
- Nagoya City University (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Akechi, T.
- Venue
- Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2008-09-05
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 653-660
- ISSN
- 0368-2811 (ISSN-L)
- 1465-3621
- OpenAlex
- W2162384493
- Cited by
- 31
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative and Oncologic Care
- Keywords
- lung cancer, psychological distress, psychiatric consultation, psychotropic drugs, counseling, treatment information, Japanese patients
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anxiety, Attitude to Health, Communication Barriers, Depression, Female, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Lung Neoplasms, Male, Middle Aged, Physician-Patient Relations, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological
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