Publications by authors named "Evelyne Renault-Tessier"
The Institut Curie initiated a therapeutic patient education activity in 2011 by creating several programs. Coordinated and animated by different multidisciplinary teams, these functioned autonomously, with a different initial educational assessment for each one. This organization broke up the patient's educational pathway, and the educational offer, which sometimes proved to be redundant, most often corresponding to the needs shared by all cancer patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConfinement within the framework of Covid 19 required organizations in cancer centers, in particular with postponing certain treatments. We interviewed 6080 patients who had a scheduled appointment during this period. 2478 patients gave their opinion regarding access and organization of care, teleconsultation, their concerns and their reasons for satisfaction.
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- The study aimed to see if a question prompt list (QPL) could help advanced cancer patients in France discuss prognosis and end-of-life care more effectively during outpatient palliative care consultations.
- Patients who used the QPL asked significantly more questions about palliative care and end-of-life issues compared to those who did not use the list, leading to higher satisfaction with doctors’ skills.
- Despite the increase in questions, there was no notable change in psychological symptoms or quality of life after two months; however, patients using the QPL employed less avoidance coping strategies.