Attendance to Follow-Up Care in Survivors of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer: Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior.

Roser, Katharina; Baenziger, Julia; Mader, Luzius; Christen, Salome; Dehler, Silvia; Michel, Gisela (2018). Attendance to Follow-Up Care in Survivors of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer: Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 7(5), pp. 584-591. Mary Ann Liebert 10.1089/jayao.2018.0010

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PURPOSE

The aim was to study follow-up care attendance in adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors to investigate: (1) correlates of the intention to attend follow-up care and (2) whether the intention is associated with the actual attendance, applying the theory of planned behavior (TPB).

METHODS

We conducted a questionnaire survey in AYA cancer survivors diagnosed 1990-2005 at age 16-25 years, registered in the Cancer Registry Zurich and Zug, Switzerland, who had survived at least 5 years. Structural equation modeling was applied to investigate TPB-related correlates (attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control) of intention to attend follow-up care. Logistic regression analysis was used to study the association between intention and actual attendance.

RESULTS

We included 160 AYA cancer survivors in the study (mean age at study: 34.0 years, mean age at diagnosis: 21.6 years, 98 [61.3%] male). Positive attitudes toward follow-up care (coefficient = 0.32, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.05 to 0.60) and supportive subjective norms (coefficient = 0.59, 95% CI: 0.41 to 0.78) were associated with higher intention to attend follow-up care. Perceived behavioral control was not associated with intention to attend (coefficient = -0.13, 95% CI: -0.36 to 0.10), but with actual attendance (odds ratio [OR] = 4.55, 95% CI: 1.83 to 11.31). Higher intention was associated with actual follow-up care attendance (OR = 14.29, 95% CI: 5.80 to 35.21).

CONCLUSION

Positive attitudes and supportive social norms were associated with higher intention to attend follow-up care, and higher intention was associated with actual follow-up care attendance. Increasing awareness of the importance and benefits of follow-up care not only among survivors but also family, friends and healthcare professionals may help increase follow-up care attendance among AYA cancer survivors.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

UniBE Contributor:

Michel, Gisela

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services

ISSN:

2156-5333

Publisher:

Mary Ann Liebert

Language:

English

Submitter:

Tanya Karrer

Date Deposited:

05 Jul 2018 12:28

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:16

Publisher DOI:

10.1089/jayao.2018.0010

PubMed ID:

29924664

Uncontrolled Keywords:

attendance follow-up care survivor theory of planned behavior

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.118194

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/118194

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