Fear and forget: how anxiety impacts information recall in newly diagnosed cancer patients visiting a fast-track clinic.

CONCLUSION: High levels of anxiety after receiving a cancer diagnosis negatively influence how much information patients remember after visiting a one-day fast-track clinic. This calls for interventions that may reduce patients' anxiety as much as reasonably possible and support patients' information recall. Researchers, practitioners, and hospitals are encouraged to continue exploring ways to optimize information provision to cancer patients in current modern healthcare.
PMID: 30264632 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Acta Oncologica - September 28, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Nguyen MH, Smets EMA, Bol N, Bronner MB, Tytgat KMAJ, Loos EF, van Weert JCM Tags: Acta Oncol Source Type: research