Increasing Cardiomyopathy Screening in Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Cost Analysis of Advanced Practice Nurse Phone Counseling
Cheryl L. Cox, RN, PhD, M. Robyn Andersen, PhD, MPH; Aimee K. Santucci, PhD, Les L. Robison, PhD, and Melissa M. Hudson, MD
ONF
10.1188/16.ONF.e242-e250
Description
Purpose/Objectives: To document the per survivor and per additional survivor screening costs of a mailed survivorship care plan (SCP) with advanced practice nurse (APN) telephone counseling (SCP+C) or without APN telephone counseling (SCP).
Design: Randomized, longitudinal clinical trial.
Setting: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
Sample: 411 at-risk pediatric cancer survivors (aged 26–59 years), stratified by age (younger than 30 years versus 30 years or older), recommended screening frequency (every one, two, or five years), gender, and cancer diagnosis (hematologic versus solid tumor).