Spanish adolescent patients with cancer and main caregivers: Using perceptions of care to drive change in healthcare.

Purpose: To determine whether there are differences in care experience of adolescent cancer patients and their main caregiver, treated in Adolescent Cancer Units (ACUs), compared to those treated in Non-Adolescent Cancer Units (NACUs), including the COVID-19 pandemic period.

Method: Measurement of Reported Experience in adolescent oncology patients (12-19 years old) and caregivers through ad hoc surveys. The responses of the study group of patients and caregivers treated in Adolescent Units were compared with the group not treated in them.