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Llucia Benito1, Jose Espinosa, Gemma Binefa
1Authors Affiliations: Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (Drs Benito and Binefa, Mrs Vidal, Fernandez, Padrol, and García and Mr Espinosa); IDIBELL, Institute of Biomedical Research (Drs Benito and Binefa, Mrs Vidal, Fernandez, Padrol, and García and Mr Espinosa); and School of Nursing, University of Barcelona (Dr Benito, Mrs Lluch and Puig), Barcelona, Spain.
Background:
European guidelines for the quality of screening programs for breast and colorectal cancer describe process, structure, and outcome indicators. However, none of them specifically evaluate coordination and continuity of care during the cancer screening process.
Objectives:
The aim of this study was to identify and adapt care quality indicators related to the coordination and continuity of the cancer screening process to assess nursing care in cancer screening programs.
Methods:
The indicators proposed in this study were selected in 2 phases. The first consisted of a literature review, and the second was made by consensus of an expert group. An electronic literature search was conducted, through June 2016. From a total of 225 articles retrieved, 14 studies met inclusion criteria, and these 14 documents were delivered to the group of experts for evaluation and to propose a final list of agreed-upon indicators.
Results:
The group of experts selected 7 indicators: adequacy and waiting time derivation of participants, delivery and availability of the report of the process, understanding professionals involved in the process, and satisfaction and understanding of participants.
Conclusions:
These indicators should help identify areas for improvement and measure the outcome of coordination and continuity of care.
Implications For Practice:
The results provided a common set of indicators to evaluate the coordination and continuity of care for cancer screening and to consequently assess the contribution of nursing care in cancer screening programs. The identification and adaptation of these quality indicators will help to identify areas for improvement and measure the effect of coordination and continuity of care.
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