Multidisciplinary care in cancer: do the current research outputs help?
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M. CAREY d. psych, senior research fellow
Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council Victoria, Carlton, Vic., honorary research fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.
Mariko Carey, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council Victoria, 1 Rathdowne Street, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia (e-mail: [email protected]). Search for more papers by this authorR. SANSON-FISHER phd, laureate professor
School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW
Search for more papers by this authorK. LOTFI-JAM ba (soc sci), post grad dip (psych), phd candidate
School of Nursing, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., supportive care researcher , Department Nursing and Supportive Care Research, Melbourne, Vic.
Search for more papers by this authorP. SCHOFIELD phd, director (strategy and development)
Department Nursing and Supportive Care Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Vic., honorary senior research fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.
Search for more papers by this authorS. ARANDA phd, head
School of Nursing and Social Work, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., director , Department Nursing and Supportive Care Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
M. CAREY d. psych, senior research fellow
Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council Victoria, Carlton, Vic., honorary research fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.
Mariko Carey, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council Victoria, 1 Rathdowne Street, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia (e-mail: [email protected]). Search for more papers by this authorR. SANSON-FISHER phd, laureate professor
School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW
Search for more papers by this authorK. LOTFI-JAM ba (soc sci), post grad dip (psych), phd candidate
School of Nursing, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., supportive care researcher , Department Nursing and Supportive Care Research, Melbourne, Vic.
Search for more papers by this authorP. SCHOFIELD phd, director (strategy and development)
Department Nursing and Supportive Care Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Vic., honorary senior research fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.
Search for more papers by this authorS. ARANDA phd, head
School of Nursing and Social Work, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., director , Department Nursing and Supportive Care Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
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CAREY M., SANSON-FISHER R., LOTFI-JAM K., SCHOFIELD P. & ARANDA S. (2010) European Journal of Cancer CareMultidisciplinary care in cancer: do the current research outputs help?
This review examined whether the increased attention on multidisciplinary care (MDC) in cancer over the last 10 years has been underpinned by an increase in methodologically vigorous intervention research in this field. Electronic search of Medline and CINAHL databases. This review examined whether the proportion of (1) data-based and (2) intervention research meeting Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) criteria increased between two time periods (1997–2001 and 2002–2006). Papers meeting the following inclusion criteria were identified: relevant to MDC for cancer patients; included the term ‘multidisciplinary’ in the abstract; published in English; published between 1997 and 2006. The proportion of data-based papers did not increase over time, nor did the proportion of intervention papers using EPOC-accepted designs. Only three intervention studies using EPOC-accepted designs were identified, all in the later time period. MDC is widely advocated in cancer care. This review indicates a pressing need to focus attention on the development of rigorous intervention research. Such research should answer important questions such as which models of MDC are most effective, for which outcomes and for which patients.
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