Confidence and Perceived Skill in the Provision of Cancer Survivorship Care by Oncology Providers (ONCs) and Primary Care Providers (PCPs)
| ONC | PCP | p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amount of confidence in knowledge of cancer-related follow-up care for survivors: | |||
| Order appropriate surveillance testing to detect recurrent cancer (%) | |||
| Not at all confident | 1.2 | 25.5 | <0.001 |
| Somewhat confident | 20.9 | 49.1 | |
| Very confident | 77.9 | 23.6 | |
| Don't know | 0.0 | 1.8 | |
| Detect long-term and late physical adverse effects of cancer and cancer treatment (%) | |||
| Not at all confident | 2.3 | 25.5 | <0.001 |
| Somewhat confident | 30.2 | 58.2 | |
| Very confident | 67.4 | 16.4 | |
| Don't know | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Address adverse psychosocial outcomes of cancer or its treatment (%) | |||
| Not at all confident | 2.3 | 12.7 | 0.052 |
| Somewhat confident | 50.0 | 43.6 | |
| Very confident | 47.7 | 43.6 | |
| Don't know | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| To what extent do you agree/disagree with statements regarding patients who have completed active cancer treatment? | |||
| PCPs have the skills needed to provide follow‐up care related to the effects of cancer or its treatment for survivors (%) | |||
| Strongly disagree | 22.6 | 2.4 | <0.001 |
| Somewhat disagree | 41.7 | 7.3 | |
| Neither Agree nor disagree | 9.5 | 34.1 | |
| Somewhat agree | 19.0 | 34.1 | |
| Strongly agree | 7.1 | 22.0 | |
| PCPs have the skills needed to initiate appropriate screening or diagnostic work‐ up to detect recurrent cancer (%) | |||
| Strongly disagree | 29.4 | 1.9 | <0.001 |
| Somewhat disagree | 40.0 | 14.8 | |
| Neither Agree nor disagree | 7.1 | 24.1 | |
| Somewhat agree | 15.3 | 35.2 | |
| Strongly agree | 8.2 | 24.1 | |
| PCPs should have primary responsibility for cancer‐related follow‐up for survivors (%) | |||
| Strongly disagree | 40.0 | 12.5 | 0.002 |
| Somewhat disagree | 42.4 | 37.5 | |
| Neither Agree nor disagree | 4.7 | 17.5 | |
| Somewhat agree | 10.6 | 25.0 | |
| Strongly agree | 2.4 | 7.5 | |
| PCPs are better able than ONCs to provide psychosocial support for survivors (%) | |||
| Strongly disagree | 36.5 | 5.6 | <0.001 |
| Somewhat disagree | 30.6 | 9.3 | |
| Neither Agree nor disagree | 18.8 | 24.1 | |
| Somewhat agree | 10.6 | 27.8 | |
| Strongly agree | 3.5 | 33.3 | |