Presence and Role of Associations of Cancer Patients and Volunteers in Specialist Breast Centres: An Italian National Survey of Breast Centres Associated with Senonetwork
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Survey Development
2.2. Survey Pre-Testing and Piloting
2.3. Survey Process
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Characteristics of Participating Breast Centres
3.2. Presence and Roles of Associations in Breast Centres
4. Discussion
4.1. Main Findings
4.2. Main Comments
4.3. Methodological Considerations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Breast Centre Characteristic | Type of Support | Total | |||||
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Patient Reception and Information | Patient Listening, Identification of Needs | Psychological Support | Assessment of Quality of Services | Participation in Fundraising Initiatives | Other * | ||
Total | 42 (51) | 35 (43) | 43 (52) | 15 (18) | 39 (48) | 4 (5) | 82 |
Geographic area | |||||||
North | 30 (57) | 24 (45) | 32 (60) | 12 (23) | 27 (51) | 3 (6) | 53 |
Centre | 7 (37) | 7 (37) | 6 (32) | 1 (5) | 9 (47) | 1 (5) | 19 |
South | 5 (50) | 4 (40) | 5 (50) | 2 (20) | 3 (30) | 0 (0) | 10 |
No. of new breast cancer cases per year | |||||||
<345 | 19 (46) | 16 (39) | 20 (49) | 6 (15) | 21 (51) | 2 (5) | 41 |
≥345 | 23 (56) | 19 (46) | 23 (56) | 9 (22) | 18 (44) | 2 (5) | 41 |
No. of staff on the multidisciplinary team | |||||||
<21 | 18 (44) | 18 (44) | 21 (51) | 6 (15) | 22 (54) | 3 (7) | 41 |
≥21 | 24 (59) | 17 (41) | 22 (54) | 9 (22) | 17 (41) | 1 (2) | 41 |
BCCert certification | |||||||
No | 27 (47) | 20 (34) | 29 (50) | 11 (19) | 25 (43) | 3 (5) | 58 |
Yes | 15 (63) | 15 (63) | 14 (58) | 4 (17) | 14 (58) | 1 (4) | 24 |
Regional appointment † | |||||||
No | 2 (10) | 0 (0) | 2 (10) | 0 (0) | 2 (10) | 0 (0) | 21 |
Yes | 40 (66) | 35 (57) | 41 (67) | 15 (25) | 37 (61) | 4 (7) | 61 |
Hospital classification | |||||||
Public hospital | 24 (46) | 22 (42) | 24 (46) | 8 (15) | 29 (56) | 4 (8) | 52 |
Private accredited hospital | 2 (40) | 2 (40) | 4 (80) | 1 (20) | 3 (60) | 0 (0) | 5 |
IRCCS and AOU | 8 (57) | 4 (29) | 8 (57) | 4 (29) | 3 (21) | 0 (0) | 14 |
Private accredited IRCCS | 8 (73) | 7 (64) | 7 (64) | 2 (18) | 4 (36) | 0 (0) | 11 |
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D’Antona, R.; Deandrea, S.; Sestini, E.; Pau, L.; Ferrè, F.; Angiolini, C.; Bortul, M.; Bucchi, L.; Caumo, F.; Fortunato, L.; et al. Presence and Role of Associations of Cancer Patients and Volunteers in Specialist Breast Centres: An Italian National Survey of Breast Centres Associated with Senonetwork. Curr. Oncol. 2023, 30, 8186-8195. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30090594
D’Antona R, Deandrea S, Sestini E, Pau L, Ferrè F, Angiolini C, Bortul M, Bucchi L, Caumo F, Fortunato L, et al. Presence and Role of Associations of Cancer Patients and Volunteers in Specialist Breast Centres: An Italian National Survey of Breast Centres Associated with Senonetwork. Current Oncology. 2023; 30(9):8186-8195. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30090594
Chicago/Turabian StyleD’Antona, Rosanna, Silvia Deandrea, Elisabetta Sestini, Loredana Pau, Francesca Ferrè, Catia Angiolini, Marina Bortul, Lauro Bucchi, Francesca Caumo, Lucio Fortunato, and et al. 2023. "Presence and Role of Associations of Cancer Patients and Volunteers in Specialist Breast Centres: An Italian National Survey of Breast Centres Associated with Senonetwork" Current Oncology 30, no. 9: 8186-8195. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30090594
APA StyleD’Antona, R., Deandrea, S., Sestini, E., Pau, L., Ferrè, F., Angiolini, C., Bortul, M., Bucchi, L., Caumo, F., Fortunato, L., Giordano, L., Giordano, M., Mantellini, P., Martelli, I., Melucci, G., Naldoni, C., Paci, E., Saguatti, G., Tinterri, C., ... Cataliotti, L. (2023). Presence and Role of Associations of Cancer Patients and Volunteers in Specialist Breast Centres: An Italian National Survey of Breast Centres Associated with Senonetwork. Current Oncology, 30(9), 8186-8195. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30090594