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Ose D, Winkler EC, Berger S, et al. Complexity of care and strategies of self-management in patients with colorectal cancer. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2017;11:731-742doi: 10.2147/PPA.S127612.
Ose, D., Winkler, E. C., Berger, S., Baudendistel, I., Kamradt, M., Eckrich, F., & Szecsenyi, J. (2017). Complexity of care and strategies of self-management in patients with colorectal cancer. Patient preference and adherence, 11731-742. https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S127612
Ose, Dominik, et al. "Complexity of care and strategies of self-management in patients with colorectal cancer." Patient preference and adherence vol. 11 (2017): 731-742. doi: https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S127612
Ose D, Winkler EC, Berger S, Baudendistel I, Kamradt M, Eckrich F, Szecsenyi J. Complexity of care and strategies of self-management in patients with colorectal cancer. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2017 Apr 10;11:731-742. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S127612. eCollection 2017. PMID: 28435231; PMCID: PMC5391842.
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Patient Prefer Adherence. 2017 Apr 10;11:731-742. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S127612. eCollection 2017.

Complexity of care and strategies of self-management in patients with colorectal cancer.

Patient preference and adherence

Dominik Ose, Eva C Winkler, Sarah Berger, Ines Baudendistel, Martina Kamradt, Felicitas Eckrich, Joachim Szecsenyi

Affiliations

  1. Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
  2. Department of Population Health, Health System Innovation and Research, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
  3. Program for Ethics and Patient-oriented Care in Oncology, National Centre for Tumour Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

PMID: 28435231 PMCID: PMC5391842 DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S127612

Abstract

PURPOSE: Given the inherent complexity of cancer care, in which personal, social, and clinical aspects accumulate and interact over time, self-management support need to become more comprehensive. This study has the following two aims: 1) to analyze and describe the complexity of individual patient situations and 2) to analyze and describe already established self-management strategies of patients to handle this complexity.

METHODS: A qualitative study was conducted. Ten focus groups were performed collecting perspectives of the following three user groups: patients with colorectal cancer (n=12) and representatives from support groups (n=2), physicians (n=17), and other health care professionals (HCPs; n=16). Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.

RESULTS: The results showed that cancer patients are struggling with the complexity of their individual situations characterized by the 1) "complexity of disease", 2) "complexity of care", and 3) "complexity of treatment-related data". To deal with these multifaceted situations, patients have established several individual strategies. These strategies are "proactive demanding" (eg, to get support and guidance or a meaningful dialog with the doctor), "proactive behavior" (eg, preparation of visits), and "proactive data management" (eg, in terms of merging treatment-related data and to disseminate these to their health care providers).

CONCLUSION: Patients with colorectal cancer have to handle a high complexity of individual situations within treatment and care of their disease. Private and social challenges have a culminating effect. This complexity increases as patients experience a longer duration of treatment and follow-up as patients have to handle a significantly higher amount of data over time. Self-management support should focus more on the individual complexity in a patient's life. This includes assisting patients with strategies that have already been established by themselves (like preparation of visits).

Keywords: chronic care; colorectal cancer; complexity; health care utilization; health services research; self-management

Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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