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The unmet needs of partners and caregivers of adults diagnosed with cancer: a systematic review

Objectives The recognition that a partner or caregiver is typically the patient's primary support person and is also deeply affected by the cancer diagnosis has prompted efforts to document their…
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Barriers to the provision of evidence‐based psychosocial care in oncology

The precede‐proceed model is a useful way of classifying potential barriers to the application of recommended best practice into three categories: predisposing factors which influence motivation to behave in a particular way, enabling factors which facilitate the enactment of the behaviour and reinforcing factors which increase the likelihood that the behaviour will be maintained over time.
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Survivorship issues following treatment completion—results from focus groups with Australian cancer survivors and health professionals

The most common needs reported at treatment completion by both survivors and professionals were dealing with fatigue, anxiety about cancer recurrence, others expecting you to be back to normal, having to create new expectations about physical ability, and anxiety about leaving the hospital system.
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Prevalence of comorbid depression and obesity in general practice: a cross-sectional survey

Weight and depression demonstrated a U-shaped relationship, with higher prevalence of depression observed among underweight and obese general practice patients, which may act as red flags for opportunistic screening of depression in the general practice setting.
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Interventions to aid patient adherence to physiotherapist prescribed self-management strategies: a systematic review.

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Prevalence and predictors of the short-term trajectory of anxiety and depression in the first year after a cancer diagnosis: a population-based longitudinal study.

Targeted psychological screening of vulnerable survivors and early intervention may prevent the onset and/or reduce the severity of psychological morbidity in early survivorship.
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Can We Say What Diet Is Best for Health ?

Efforts to improve public health through diet are forestalled not for want of knowledge about the optimal feeding of Homo sapiens but for distractions associated with exaggerated claims, and the weight of evidence strongly supports a theme of healthful eating.

The impact of web-based approaches on psychosocial health in chronic physical and mental health conditions

Although it is possible to achieve positive effects on psychosocial outcomes using web-based approaches, effects are not consistent across conditions, and robust comparisons of the reach, adoption and cost-effectiveness of web- based support compared with other options such as face-to-face and print- based approaches are needed.
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Preparing patients for threatening medical treatments: effects of a chemotherapy educational DVD on anxiety, unmet needs, and self-efficacy

The educational DVD was considered highly acceptable by patients and was found to increase self-efficacy and reduce supportive care needs, and it is appropriate to give to patients before face-to-face chemotherapy education.
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Lung cancer: Challenges and solutions for supportive care intervention research

ABSTRACT Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death. It is associated with a high level of morbidity, particularly fatigue, pain, breathlessness, and coughing. These symptoms can have a…
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