Open AccessMeasures of psychosocial care utilization in a national sample of cancer patients.
Author(s) -
Miryam Yusufov,
Joseph S. Rossi,
Lawrence C. Grebstein,
Colleen A. Redding,
Ginette G. Ferszt,
James O. Prochaska
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of consulting and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.582
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1939-2117
pISSN - 0022-006X
DOI - 10.1037/ccp0000369
Subject(s) - psychosocial , transtheoretical model , structural equation modeling , confirmatory factor analysis , psychology , clinical psychology , social support , shame , behavior change , psychiatry , psychotherapist , social psychology , statistics , mathematics
Cancer is one of the most physically and emotionally debilitating diseases. Despite evidence that psychosocial care can improve psychological and physiological functioning, as few as 4.4% of patients are willing to engage in psychosocial treatment. Few studies explored drivers of psychosocial care underutilization. Therefore, treatment engagement strategies are needed, by identifying patients' barriers to psychosocial treatment. This study evaluated readiness to utilize psychosocial care by developing transtheoretical model (TTM) measures of stage of change, decisional balance, and self-efficacy.