Rajae Touzani

Institut Paoli Calmettes · SESSTIM UMR1252

Background To examine the psychometrics properties of the French version of two scales measuring general (HLS19-Q12) and navigational (HLS19-NAV) health literacy (HL) using validation methods based on modern psychometric test theories: a Rasch model analysis. Methods The data on representative samples of the French adult population came from the H...

Background European healthcare systems are characterized by a high complexity and intransparency. Finding one’s way through the multitude of services requires navigational health literacy (NAV-HL). NAV-HL is defined as the ability to maneuver the healthcare system and deal with information necessary to do so at the system, organizational, and inter...

Objectif : L’innovation biomédicale est amenée à prendre de plus en plus de place dans les parcours de soins et les débats sur la santé. Dans les mesures de littératie en santé qui se développent, le rapport à la recherche médicale est encore absent. Dans cet article, nous explorons la relation entre la littératie en santé et le rapport à la recher...

Context In France, 2300 adolescents and young adults (AYAs, 15–25 years old) are diagnosed with cancer each year. As soon as the disease is diagnosed, a number of physical, psychological and social needs may arise. The aim of this study is to develop a tool to measure unmet needs that will allow the specificities of AYAs to be understood while allo...

Background Réunion Island is a French overseas territory located in the southern Indian Ocean, with a challenging socioeconomic and multicultural context. Compared to mainland France, Réunion has an overincidence and overmortality of cervical cancer. In order to investigate these two issues, it is important to evaluate the barriers and potential le...

Background: To examine the psychometrics properties of the French version of two scales measuring general (HLS19-Q12) and navigational (HLS19-NAV) health literacy (HL) using two validation methods based on modern psychometric test theories: a Rasch model analysis and structural equation models (SEM). Methods: The data on representative samples of t...

Background: The development of telehealth and telemedicine, in the form of increased teleconsultation and medical telemonitoring, accelerated during the COVID-19 health crisis in France to ensure continued access to care for the population. Since these new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are diverse and likely to transform how th...

e17093 Background: Active surveillance (AS) is a standard of care for low-risk prostate cancer (PCa). However, it is not yet clear whether AS may be a source of anxiety in patients (pts) compared to pts receiving treatment. The objective of this study is to compare anxiety in pts receiving apalutamide monotherapy plus AS versus AS alone in pts with...

Context: In France, 2300 adolescents and young adults (AYAs, 16-25 years old) are diagnosed with cancer each year. As soon as the disease is diagnosed, a number of physical, psychological and social needs may arise. The aim of this study is to develop a tool to measure unmet needs that will allow the specificities of AYAs to be understood while all...

Objectives: To estimate the proportion of users of the TousAntiCovid app(lication) and identify factors associated with its non-use for contact tracing. Methods: We conducted an online survey of a quota sample of French adults between 8 and 18 January 2021. Three categories of TousAntiCovid use were considered: contact tracing, other or temporar...

BACKGROUND The development of telehealth and telemedicine, in the form of increased teleconsultation and medical telemonitoring, accelerated during the COVID-19 health crisis in France to ensure continued access to care for the population. Since these new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are diverse and likely to transform how the...

To manoeuvre a complex and fragmented health care system, people need sufficient navigational health literacy (NAV-HL). The objective of this study was to validate the HLS19-NAV measurement scale applied in the European Health Literacy Population Survey 2019–2021 (HLS19). From December 2019 to January 2021, data on NAV-HL was collected in eight Eur...

Active surveillance (AS) is a standard treatment option for low risk localized prostate cancer. However, the risk of anxiety and depression compared to other curative strategies, namely radical prostatectomy (RP) and radiotherapy (RT), is controversial. This study consisted in a French representative sample of 4174 5-years cancer survivors. Self-re...

Objective To explore the factors associated with the uptake of mammography screening in Reunionese women aged 50-65 years. Methods This study included all women aged 50 to 65 years participating in a population-based cross-sectional study "FOSFORE". Participants were recruited between March and June 2017 using two sampling frames. The first frame...

Cancer patients commonly experience psychological distress that may increase with the current COVID-19 pandemic. This prospective study aimed to measure post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety in cancer patients following France’s first COVID-19-related lockdown, together with associated factors. Cancer patients receiving outpatient treat...

Objective: We aimed to assess the long-term association of therapeutic strategies with urinary, sexual function and health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) for 5-year prostate cancer (PC) survivors. Materials & methods: The VICAN survey consisted of self-reported data prospectively collected, including living conditions, treatment side effects and...

Objectives Our study aimed to provide an updated overview of the use of the French contact tracing application, TousAntiCovid, and identify evolutions since the beginning of the pandemic. Study design We conducted a survey study on a representative sample of the French adult population. Methods Our data was collected by the Obervatoire Régional d...

Background/Research Topics/Partner Countries In Europe, interest has grown in measuring the health literacy (HL) of the adult population in relation to public health, disease prevention, and health promotion to inform health policy in the new millennium, partly building on a longer tradition of measuring HL, but with a focus on patients, in the US...

Background Regular physical activity (PA) and healthy body weight have proven benefits on survival in breast cancer (BC) survivors. We aimed to define predictors of long-term PA and weight gain in a representative sample of BC survivors. Methods Data were analysed from 723 women with BC who participated in both the 2012 and 2015 French National VI...

Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer burden worldwide. In France, it is the second most common cause of cancer death after lung cancer. Systematic uptake of CRC screening can improve survival rates. However, people with limited health literacy (HL) and lower socioeconomic position rarely participate. Our aim is to assess...

Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) has a high incidence worldwide, especially in high-income countries. In France, a national CRC screening program targeting residents aged 50–74 years has been in place since 2009. Little is known about CRC screening practices in cancer survivors, even though some have an increased risk of developing a second cance...

Résumé Introduction L’information transmise au diagnostic de Tumeur de vessie non infiltrant le muscle (TVNIM) est variable. Or, les patients bien informés sont plus impliqués dans les décisions partagées. L’objectif de cette étude était d’évaluer l’information perçue par le patient au moment du diagnostic de TVNIM. Matériel La cohorte française...

Background: Several countries have implemented mobile apps in an attempt to trace close contacts of patients with COVID-19 and, in turn, reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2. However, the effectiveness of this approach depends on the adherence of a large segment of the population. Objective: The aims of this study were to evaluate the acceptability of...

Introduction Dans le but de réduire le nombre de personnes infectées par la COVID-19, plusieurs pays ont mis en œuvre des applications mobiles pour retracer les contacts étroits de la personne infectée par le SARS-CoV-2. Cependant, cette approche nécessite une large adhésion de la population pour être efficace. Cependant, depuis mars, de telles app...

Patient satisfaction is linked to the amount of time spent with the physician. At the same time, long waiting times in hospitals are a major source of patient dissatisfaction. The aim of this study was to determine whether advance approval of outpatient chemotherapy (CT) via phone call can optimize healthcare delivery without compromising patient s...

220 Background: Active surveillance (AS) is an option for low-risk localized prostate cancer and its use is on the rise due to the good long-term oncologic results. However, its impact on the quality of live of patients, particularly in terms of anxiety and emotional responses related to cancer is poorly evaluated. Methods: The french VICAN cohort...

BACKGROUND Several countries have implemented mobile apps in an attempt to trace close contacts of patients with COVID-19 and, in turn, reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2. However, the effectiveness of this approach depends on the adherence of a large segment of the population. OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to evaluate the acceptability of a...

PurposeThis study aimed to investigate the use of non-conventional medicine (NCM) among long-term cancer survivors and its links with healthy behavior.Methods This study used data from the VICAN survey, conducted in 2015–2016 on a representative sample of French cancer survivors 5 years after diagnosis.ResultsAmong the 4174 participants, 21.4% repo...

Little is known about cancer survivors’ sexual health (SH)—particularly, from well after diagnosis and in cancers unrelated to sexuality. This study aimed to assess SH deterioration five years after diagnosis. We analyzed data from the French national VIe après le CANcer (VICAN) survey. Six items from the Relationship and Sexuality Scale were used...

Objectifs La surveillance active (SA) est une option thérapeutique pour les cancers de la prostate localisés à faible risque et son utilisation est en augmentation croissante, en raison des bons résultats carcinologiques à long terme. Cependant, son impact sur la qualité de vie des patients, notamment en termes d’anxiété secondaire à l’annonce du c...

Background Cancer recurrence and poor quality of life are major challenges of the growing population of breast cancer (BC) survivors. International guidelines encourage survivors to engage in regular physical activity (PA) and to maintain a healthy body weight (BW), as both have a proven benefit on survival. Our aims were (1) to describe PA and BW...

Contexte Le cancer engendre des changements de vie pouvant survenir pendant la phase de traitement et se prolonger de façon pérenne à distance du diagnostic de la maladie. Ces changements peuvent être contrains par la maladie, les traitements et leurs séquelles, mais peuvent également résulter de choix personnels souhaités par la personne. Les mesu...

Context: Chronic pain (CP) is a major concern in cancer survivors. Often underreported by patients, it is both under-assessed and undertreated by care providers. Objectives: To assess CP prevalence and related treatment in cancer survivors five years after diagnosis; to identify factors associated with prescribing opioids among survivors with CP...

Les 40es Journées de la SFSPM se sont tenues à Avignon du 7 au 9 novembre 2018. Le thème abordé—Cancer du sein : optimisation du parcours de soins — a réuni plus de 1 200 participants sous les voûtes du Palais des Papes. La fluidité de chaque segment du parcours a été analysée en termes de risques de rupture de continuité des soins tant au sein du...

The disclosure of genetic information is an important issue in cancer prevention. This study based on a French national cohort of BRCA1/2 mutation carriers (GENEPSO-PS cohort, N=233) aimed to assess the prevalence of parental disclosure of genetic information to children 10 years after genetic testing, with a focus on gender differences. Most parti...

Abstract Introduction The Memorial Anxiety Scale for Prostate Cancer (MAX-PC, 18 items) was developed to assess anxiety in prostate cancer patients. In the absence of a French version of this scale, we adapted the original English scale and evaluated its psychometric properties in a sample of French men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the previou...

Objective: Genetic counseling in at-risk families is known to improve cancer prevention. Our study aimed to determine the rate of uptake of genetic counseling among adult children of BRCA1/2 mutation carriers and to identify the potential psychosocial factors associated with uptake of genetic counseling. Methods: A self-reported questionnaire wa...

Context The Memorial Anxiety Scale for Prostate Cancer (MAX-PC) was developed in its English version to assess anxiety in people with prostate cancer. Since there was no French version, the aim of our study was to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the 3-factors initial English scale on a sample of French men. Methods The MAX-PC...

43rd ESMO Congress (ESMO), Munich, GERMANY, OCT 19-23, 2018

Objectifs L’objectif de cette étude était d’évaluer les conséquences à long terme des différentes stratégies thérapeutiques sur la continence, la sexualité et la qualité de vie des hommes pris en charge pour un cancer de la prostate à partir des données prospectives à 5 ans de la cohorte VICAN. Méthodes La cohorte française VICAN 5 est un échantil...

Due to limited donor availability, high comorbidities, and cost issues, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant is not universally accessible. The aim of this study was to conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis of haploidentical vs matched unrelated transplant. This retrospective study included patients with hematological malignancies older th...

Since the publication of the article, it has been noted that there is an error in Table 2. Where 543€ is listed in the final column of the table, this should have been written as 550€.

Introduction Le cancer du col de l’utérus s’avère être un problème de santé publique à la Réunion. Il représente le troisième cancer le plus fréquent avec un taux d’incidence standardisé supérieur à celui estimé pour la métropole. La population de l’Ile se caractérise par une proportion de personnes jeunes plus importante qu’en métropole, une part...

Introduction Actuellement 30 à 50 % des patients qui pourraient bénéficier d’une allogreffe de cellules souches hématopoïétiques (CSH) n’ont pas de donneurs disponibles alors que presque tous ont un donneur haploidentique potentiel. La répercussion économique de cette nouvelle technologie chez les patients âgés de plus de 55 ans reste inconnue à ce...

11th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC), Barcelona, SPAIN, MAR 21-23, 2018

It is currently unclear if next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies can be implemented in the diagnosis setting at an affordable cost. The aim of this study was to measure the total cost of performing NGS in clinical practice in France, in both germline and somatic cancer genetics. The study was performed on 15 French representative cancer mol...

6588 Background: Patients’ satisfaction is known to be closely linked to the time spent with the physician. However, longer waiting times may be a source of dissatisfaction as well as organizational dysfunctions of the outpatient unit. Is a validation of chemotherapy by phone call instead of a medical consultation with a senior physician before che...

Contexte Le séquençage de nouvelle génération (NGS) s’impose comme un nouveau standard dans l’évaluation des altérations génétiques analysées en diagnostic clinique. Peu d’études économiques ont évalué le coût complet du séquençage NGS. L’objectif de cette étude est d’évaluer le coût de production du séquençage NGS sur neuf plates-formes de biologi...

Bien qu'il ait été montré que la chirurgie mini-invasive augmente le bien-être des patients en comparaison avec la chirurgie ouverte , il reste à démontrer que l'utilisation généralisée de la chirurgie assistée par robot est pertinente.  Les innovations technologiques sont connues pour être le principal moteur de la croissance des coûts des soins...