Gutenberg Open Science: “That was a tip from my physician”—Gender-specific pathways of patients and relatives to outpatient psychosocial cancer counselling centres : a qualitative study

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dc.contributor.author	Billaudelle, Fabian	-
dc.contributor.author	Bayer, Oliver	-
dc.contributor.author	Hechtner, Marlene	-
dc.contributor.author	Taylor, Katherine	-
dc.contributor.author	Lang, Jennifer	-
dc.contributor.author	Alt, Jürgen	-
dc.contributor.author	Fried, Marius	-
dc.contributor.author	Singer, Susanne	-
dc.date.accessioned	2023-01-24T08:18:18Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-01-24T08:18:18Z	-
dc.date.issued	2022	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/8644	-
dc.description.abstract	Objective This study aims to identify pathways patients and their relatives take to outpatient psychosocial cancer counselling centres. We had a special interest in how access for men can be eased. Methods Cancer patients and relatives were purposively sampled in two regions in Germany. Participants were either outpatient cancer counselling centres (OCCCs) users or non-users and participated in qualitative face-to-face interviews. We used different guidelines for users and non-users. The interviews were analysed using content analysis. Results One hundred and three people participated in the study. Important pathways to outpatient psychosocial cancer counselling centres for both men and women were: information about the service and its content, easy access (obtaining appointments quickly and without bureaucracy, close to home), and recommendations from another person, in particular from their treating physician. Pathways especially important for men are positive and repeated recommendations from their treating physician and other people they trust, organisation by others on the men's behalf, the Internet, the possibility to talk to a male counsellor, making it a routine in the hospital to refer distressed patients to the counselling services, and the emphasis on information sharing. Women reported more often than men that they discovered and accessed OCCCs via information material. Conclusions Men in particular need recommendations from others, especially from their treating physician, in order to make use of psychosocial cancer counselling. In addition, stressing the provision of information instead of exploring and expressing emotions can ease access for men to cancer counselling.	en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship	Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 491381577	de
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY-NC	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	610 Medizin	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	610 Medical sciences	en_GB
dc.title	“That was a tip from my physician”—Gender-specific pathways of patients and relatives to outpatient psychosocial cancer counselling centres : a qualitative study	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-8628	-
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 04 Medizin	de
jgu.organisation.number	2700	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	Psycho-oncology	de
jgu.journal.volume	31	de
jgu.journal.issue	6	de
jgu.pages.start	1022	de
jgu.pages.end	1030	de
jgu.publisher.year	2022	-
jgu.publisher.name	Wiley	de
jgu.publisher.place	New York, NY	de
jgu.publisher.issn	1099-1611	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	610	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.1002/pon.5893	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
jgu.subject.dfg	Lebenswissenschaften	de
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