PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Adam L Holtzman
AU  - Deidre B Pereira
AU  - Anamaria R Yeung
TI  - Implementation of depression and anxiety screening in patients undergoing radiotherapy
AID  - 10.1136/bmjoq-2017-000034
DP  - 2018 May 01
TA  - BMJ Open Quality
PG  - e000034
VI  - 7
IP  - 2
4099  - http://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/7/2/e000034.short
4100  - http://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/7/2/e000034.full
SO  - BMJ Open Qual2018 May 01; 7
AB  - Anxiety and depression are disabling, underdiagnosed issues that affect the management of oncology patients. Until recently, there has been no standard protocol for screening and treating these ailments at our cancer centre. The purpose of this institutional review board-approved study was to analyse the implementation of a screening tool in our clinical workflow with the aim of screening over 90% of patients and increasing referrals to mental health services by 50%.