title: Psychosocial Assessment as a Standard of Care in Pediatric Cancer.
abstract: This paper presents the evidence for a standard of care for psychosocial assessment in pediatric cancer. An interdisciplinary group of investigators utilized EBSCO, PubMed, PsycINFO, Ovid, and Google Scholar search databases, focusing on five areas: youth/family psychosocial adjustment, family resources, family/social support, previous history/premorbid functioning, and family structure/function. Descriptive quantitative studies, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses (n = 149) were reviewed and evaluated using grading of recommendations, assessment development, and evaluation (GRADE) criteria. There is high quality evidence to support a strong recommendation for multifaceted, systematic assessments of psychosocial health care needs of youth with cancer and their families as a standard of care in pediatric oncology.
authors.affiliation: Center for Healthcare Delivery Science, Nemours Children's Health System, Wilmington, Delaware.|Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress, Nemours Children's Health System, Wilmington, Delaware.|Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Anne E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Kazak
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Annah N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Abrams
authors.affiliation: Parent Advocate, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Banks
authors.affiliation: Center for Healthcare Delivery Science, Nemours Children's Health System, Wilmington, Delaware.|Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress, Nemours Children's Health System, Wilmington, Delaware.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Christofferson
authors.affiliation: Center for Healthcare Delivery Science, Nemours Children's Health System, Wilmington, Delaware.|Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress, Nemours Children's Health System, Wilmington, Delaware.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: DiDonato
authors.affiliation: Emma Children's Hospital/Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Martha A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Grootenhuis
authors.affiliation: Transitions Professional Center, Portland, Oregon.
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kabour
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama Birmingham at Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Avi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Madan-Swain
authors.affiliation: City of Hope Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, California.
authors.forename: Sunita K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Institute Pediatric Oncology Branch, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Sima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zadeh
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Mary Jo
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kupst
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000592:standards*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000592:standards*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards*; D012944:Social Support
keywords: pediatric oncology; psychosocial assessment; screening; standards of care