RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Implementation of depression and anxiety screening in patients undergoing radiotherapy
JF BMJ Open Quality
JO BMJ Open Qual
FD British Medical Journal Publishing Group
SP e000034
DO 10.1136/bmjoq-2017-000034
VO 7
IS 2
A1 Holtzman, Adam L
A1 Pereira, Deidre B
A1 Yeung, Anamaria R
YR 2018
UL http://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/7/2/e000034.abstract
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%.