1413 - Overcoming Multifactorial Challenges of Providing Rehabilitation to Cancer Patients

Saturday, October 22, 2022

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Location: 337-338

Session Director(s)

Megan Nelson, MD

MD
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky

Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

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Faculty(s)

Diana Molinares, MD

University of Miami
Miami, Florida

Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

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Amy Ng, MD MPH

Associate Professor
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Ctr.
Houston, Texas

Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Rehabilitation interventions for oncological patients have shown to play a role on increasing longevity among cancer patients as well as quality of life. The exercise guidelines for cancer survivors highlight the impact of exercise in cancer related complications including fatigue, mood disorders and lymphedema. However, cancer survivors encounter several different challenges that limit their ability to exercise and participate in rehabilitation interventions. Some of these challenges include healthcare access, side effects related to treatment and the psychosocial constructs affecting the care and access to cancer rehabilitation. During this session, we will highlight challenges to access cancer rehabilitation care and present our research findings on challenges faced by cancer patients to the recommendations made by cancer physiatrists. We will discuss ways to overcome these challenges with the implementation and use of the patient reported outcomes in different cancer rehabilitation settings.

Learning Objectives:

Consider ways to overcome challenges in navigating patients to appropriate Cancer Rehabilitation care within their healthcare system and improve access to cancer rehabilitation.
Consider using patient reported outcomes to provide the education and access to rehabilitation services cancer survivors benefit from.
Be aware of the challenges of patient reported symptom barriers to adhering to recommendations provided by cancer rehab physicians.
Consider additional external challenges within the healthcare system and community to maneuver with the goal of improving patient access to cancer rehabilitation.

Presentations:

External Resources - Improving Access to Rehabilitation Services
Speaker: Megan B. Nelson, MD – University of Louisville
Patient Reported Outcomes – Improving Access to Rehabilitation Services
Speaker: Diana Molinares, MD – University of Miami
Patient Reported Barriers to Exercise Recommendations
Speaker: Amy H. Ng, MD MPH – University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Ctr.