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. 2015 Dec:62 Suppl 5:S426-59.
doi: 10.1002/pbc.25730.

Psychosocial Assessment as a Standard of Care in Pediatric Cancer

Anne E Kazak  1   2   3 , Annah N Abrams  4 , Jaime Banks  5 , Jennifer Christofferson  1   2 , Stephen DiDonato  1   2 , Martha A Grootenhuis  6 , Marianne Kabour  7 , Avi Madan-Swain  8 , Sunita K Patel  9 , Sima Zadeh  10 , Mary Jo Kupst  11
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Psychosocial Assessment as a Standard of Care in Pediatric Cancer

Anne E Kazak et al. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2015 Dec.

Abstract

This paper presents the evidence for a standard of care for psychosocial assessment in pediatric cancer. An interdisciplinary group of investigators utilized EBSCO, PubMed, PsycINFO, Ovid, and Google Scholar search databases, focusing on five areas: youth/family psychosocial adjustment, family resources, family/social support, previous history/premorbid functioning, and family structure/function. Descriptive quantitative studies, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses (n = 149) were reviewed and evaluated using grading of recommendations, assessment development, and evaluation (GRADE) criteria. There is high quality evidence to support a strong recommendation for multifaceted, systematic assessments of psychosocial health care needs of youth with cancer and their families as a standard of care in pediatric oncology.

Keywords: pediatric oncology; psychosocial assessment; screening; standards of care.

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