Jessica D Austin1, Marlyn Allicock2,3,4, Folefac Atem5, Simon Craddock Lee3,6, Maria E Fernandez2,4, Bijal A Balasubramanian3,4,7. 1. Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) School of Public Health, Dallas, TX, USA. ja3468@cumc.columbia.edu. 2. Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) School of Public Health, Dallas, TX, USA. 3. Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA. 4. Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research,, UTHealth School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA. 5. Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, UTHealth School of Public Health, Dallas, TX, USA. 6. Department of Population and Data Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. 7. Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health, Dallas, TX, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Several high-profile organizations have mandated the delivery of survivorship care plans (SCPs) despite mixed evidence regarding the effectiveness of SCPs on key survivor-level outcomes. There is a need to understand the types of survivor-level outcomes the SCPs are likely to change. Informed by existing frameworks and the literature, the objective of this study was to understand the pathways linking the receipt of a SCP to key survivor-level outcomes including patient-centered communication (PCC), health self-efficacy, changes in health behaviors, and improvements in overall health. METHODS: We used structural equation modeling to test the direct and indirect pathways linking the receipt of an SCP to patient-centered communication (PCC), health self-efficacy, and latent measures of health behaviors and physical health in a nationally representative sample of breast and colorectal cancer survivors from the Health Information National Trends Survey. RESULTS: The receipt of an SCP did not have a significant effect on key survivor-level outcomes and was removed from the final structural model. The final structural model fit the data adequately well (Chi-square p value = 0.03, RMSEA = 0.07, CFI = .88, and WRMR = 0.73). PCC had a significant direct effect on physical health but not on health behaviors. Health self-efficacy had a significant direct effect on physical health and health behaviors. CONCLUSION: The receipt of an SCP alone is unlikely to facilitate changes in PCC, health self-efficacy, health behaviors, or physical health. IMPLICATION FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: A SCP is a single component of a larger model of survivorship care and should be accompanied by ongoing efforts that promote PCC, health self-efficacy, and changes in health behaviors resulting in improvements to physical health.
PURPOSE: Several high-profile organizations have mandated the delivery of survivorship care plans (SCPs) despite mixed evidence regarding the effectiveness of SCPs on key survivor-level outcomes. There is a need to understand the types of survivor-level outcomes the SCPs are likely to change. Informed by existing frameworks and the literature, the objective of this study was to understand the pathways linking the receipt of a SCP to key survivor-level outcomes including patient-centered communication (PCC), health self-efficacy, changes in health behaviors, and improvements in overall health. METHODS: We used structural equation modeling to test the direct and indirect pathways linking the receipt of an SCP to patient-centered communication (PCC), health self-efficacy, and latent measures of health behaviors and physical health in a nationally representative sample of breast and colorectal cancer survivors from the Health Information National Trends Survey. RESULTS: The receipt of an SCP did not have a significant effect on key survivor-level outcomes and was removed from the final structural model. The final structural model fit the data adequately well (Chi-square p value = 0.03, RMSEA = 0.07, CFI = .88, and WRMR = 0.73). PCC had a significant direct effect on physical health but not on health behaviors. Health self-efficacy had a significant direct effect on physical health and health behaviors. CONCLUSION: The receipt of an SCP alone is unlikely to facilitate changes in PCC, health self-efficacy, health behaviors, or physical health. IMPLICATION FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: A SCP is a single component of a larger model of survivorship care and should be accompanied by ongoing efforts that promote PCC, health self-efficacy, and changes in health behaviors resulting in improvements to physical health.
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Cancer survivors; Patient care planning; Patient relevant outcome; Patient-provider communication; Structural equation modeling
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