Review
Oncology
Rongrong Fan, Lili Wang, Xiaofan Bu, Wenxiu Wang, Jing Zhu
Summary: This scoping review examined the unmet supportive care needs among breast cancer survivors (BCSs). The study found that BCSs have a large number of unmet needs in terms of fear of cancer recurrence, daily activity, sexual/intimacy, psychology, and information.
Article
Oncology
Yolanda Andreu, Paula Martinez, Ana Soto-Rubio, Silvia Fernandez, Carles Bosch, Andres Cervantes
Summary: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of distress and unmet supportive care needs in post-treatment colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors. Findings showed that one in five CRC survivors had clinical distress and 86% expressed at least one unmet need. The risk factors associated with this included lower socioeconomic status, younger age, and a primary treatment that includes more than surgery.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Minxing Chen, Ruijia Li, Yujie Chen, Gang Ding, Jie Song, Xiaojing Hu, Chunlin Jin
Summary: This study aims to identify the unmet needs of cancer survivors and explores the relationship between socio-demographic factors and unmet needs for supportive care. The findings show that information needs are the most common unmet need among cancer survivors, and time since diagnosis is associated with unmet supportive care needs. These findings highlight the gap between actual health services and patients' unmet need and provide a basis for a patient-centered supportive care system.
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Oncology
Olivia Bellas, Emma Kemp, Laura Edney, Candice Oster, Jackie Roseleur
Summary: This study aimed to describe the impacts of unmet supportive care needs on cancer survivors in Australia. The findings identified the negative impacts of unmet informational, physical, practical, emotional, and psychological needs on survivors.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER CARE
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Veronica Zavagli, Melania Raccichini, Rita Ostan, Giacomo Ercolani, Luca Franchini, Silvia Varani, Raffaella Pannuti
Summary: This study investigated the prevalence of unmet needs reported by family caregivers (FCs) of cancer patients in home palliative care, and whether these needs change with their demographic characteristics and the patients' functional abilities. The results showed that cancer caregiving is burdensome and FCs require more support and attention.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Masako Okamura, Maiko Fujimori, Ayako Sato, Yosuke Uchitomi
Summary: The study found that over 70% of young adult cancer patients have unmet supportive care needs, with psychological needs being the most prominent. Factors associated with psychological needs include perceived poorer physical health, experience of changes in work/school after a cancer diagnosis, and poor social support. These results suggest potential opportunities for intervention in addressing psychological needs.
Article
Nursing
Yati Afiyanti, Dewi Gayatri, Besral Besral, Haryani Haryani, Dyah Juliastuti
Summary: Husbands of gynecological cancer survivors in Indonesia have unmet needs for legal, financial, and health-care support, which are significantly associated with the wife's treatment and income, as well as the husband's education level, caregiving duration, and wife's cancer stage. Multidisciplinary interventions are needed to improve social-economic protection and comprehensive care for both survivors and their husbands.
ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY NURSING
(2021)
Article
Nursing
Hyekyung Kim, Yang-Sook Yoo
Summary: This study investigated the supportive care needs of colorectal cancer survivors in South Korea and found that healthcare staff and social support needs were the highest, with about 20% of patients experiencing anxiety and depression. The results indicated that the time after treatment and anxiety significantly influenced supportive care needs.
ASIAN NURSING RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Oncology
Jackie Roseleur, Laura Catherine Edney, Jayda Jung, Jonathan Karnon
Summary: This study estimated the point prevalence of supportive care needs among individuals ever diagnosed with cancer in Australia, and identified some common unmet needs, which can inform the development of interventions.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Nienke Zomerdijk, Michelle Jongenelis, Camille E. Short, Andrew Smith, Jane Turner, Kathryn Huntley
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the psychological wellbeing of patients with haematological cancers, leading to high levels of distress and unmet supportive care needs. Innovative solutions are needed to rapidly identify and address distress and unmet needs among this population during and beyond the pandemic.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2021)
Reprint
Oncology
Eline de Heus, Jan Maarten van der Zwan, Olga Husson, Anne-Roos Frissen, Carla M. L. van Herpen, Matthias A. W. Merkx, Saskia F. A. Duijts
Summary: Patients with rare cancers often report unmet supportive care needs in healthcare system and information domain (up to 95%), psychological domain (up to 93%) and physical and daily living domain (up to 80%), mainly in the posttreatment phase. The most frequently identified predictors were higher anxiety, younger age and higher neuroticism.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER CARE
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Tsion Afework, Abigiya Wondimagegnehu, Abel Shita Bogale, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt, Adamu Addissie
Summary: This study aimed to assess the predictors of unmet supportive care needs in adult cancer patients in Ethiopia. The study highlighted the importance of considering sociodemographic, clinical, and information-related factors when dealing with cancer patients. Recommendations were made to establish and/or implement programs, guidelines, and services that focus on supportive care needs.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER CARE
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Martina E. Schmidt, Siri Goldschmidt, Silke Hermann, Karen Steindorf
Summary: Significant efforts have been made in cancer treatment, leading to improved survival rates. However, research and care for long-term problems and late effects in cancer survivors are inadequate. This study found that while cancer survivors' overall health-related quality of life and physical function were comparable or better than the general population, emotional and cognitive function were worse, particularly among women. Commonly reported problems with moderate burden included loss of physical performance, fatigue, sexual problems, sleep problems, and anxiety. Survivors often rated the support they received as poor, especially for non-threatening medical issues or issues without effective medication or treatment. Factors such as older age, female gender, history of chemotherapy, and overweight/obesity were associated with higher burdens. These findings highlight the need for increased awareness and targeted care for the long-term and late effects experienced by cancer survivors.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
(2022)
Review
Oncology
Nicolas H. Hart, Fiona Crawford-Williams, Megan Crichton, Jasmine Yee, Thomas J. Smith, Bogda Koczwara, Margaret I. Fitch, Gregory B. Crawford, Sandip Mukhopadhyay, Jane Mahony, Chan Cheah, James Townsend, Olivia Cook, Meera R. Agar, Raymond J. Chan
Summary: This review examined the prevalence of unmet supportive care needs in adults with advanced cancers and their caregivers. It found that financial, health system and information, psychological, and physical and daily living domains were the most prominent areas of unmet needs for patients, while psychological, patient care and support domains were the highest for caregivers. Distress, depression, and anxiety were associated with higher unmet needs in all domains.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ONCOLOGY HEMATOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Steven Guirguis, Margaret Fitch, Manjula Maganti, Abha A. Gupta, Norma D'Agostino, Chana Korenblum, Jennifer M. Jones
Summary: Identifying and developing tailored pathways for AYAs at risk of supportive care needs can help reduce unmet needs and improve the quality of life for cancer survivors.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Alison M. Pearce, Fay Ryan, Frances J. Drummond, Audrey Alforque Thomas, Aileen Timmons, Linda Sharp
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2016)
Article
Oncology
Audrey A. Thomas, Alison Pearce, Linda Sharp, Robert Alexander Gardiner, Suzanne Chambers, Joanne Aitken, Michal Molcho, Peter Baade
ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
(2017)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Audrey Alforque Thomas, Alison Pearce, Ciaran O'Neill, Michal Molcho, Linda Sharp
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
(2017)
Article
Oncology
Alison Pearce, Linda Sharp, Paul Hanly, Anton Barchuk, Freddie Bray, Marianna de Camargo Cancela, Prakash Gupta, Filip Meheus, You-Lin Qiao, Freddy Sitas, Shao-Ming Wang, Isabelle Soerjomataram
CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2018)
Review
Oncology
Joanne Shaw, Alison Pearce, Anna-Lena Lopez, Melanie A. Price
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER CARE
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alison Pearce, Marion Haas, Rosalie Viney, Sallie-Anne Pearson, Philip Haywood, Chris Brown, Robyn Ward
Article
Oncology
Alison Pearce, Bianca Tomalin, Billingsley Kaambwa, Nicole Horevoorts, Saskia Duijts, Floortje Mols, Lonneke van de Poll-Franse, Bogda Koczwara
JOURNAL OF CANCER SURVIVORSHIP
(2019)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Anton Barchuk, Alexander Bespalov, Heini Huhtala, Tuvshinjargal Chimed, Alexey Belyaev, Malcolm Moore, Ahti Anttila, Anssi Auvinen, Alison Pearce, Isabelle Soerjomataram
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2019)
Article
Oncology
Allan Ben Smith, Adeola Bamgboje-Ayodele, Phyllis Butow, Britt Klein, Jane Turner, Louise Sharpe, Joanna Fardell, Lisa Beatty, Alison Pearce, Belinda Thewes, Jane Beith, Afaf Girgis
Meeting Abstract
Clinical Neurology
Lauren J. Christie, Meryl Lovarini, Annie McCluskey, Nicola Acworth, Reem Shuhaiber, Alison Pearce
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE
(2019)
Meeting Abstract
Economics
K. Manipis, B. Mulhern, A. Pearce, P. Haywood, R. Viney, S. Goodall
Meeting Abstract
Economics
A. Pearce, K. Manipis, P. Haywood, P. Hanly, S. Goodall
Article
Management
Paul Hanly, Alison Pearce, Linda Sharp
IRISH JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
(2017)
Meeting Abstract
Oncology
Bianca Tomalin, Alison Pearce, Billingsley Kaambwa, Nicole Horevoorts, Saskia Duijts, Floortje Mols, Lonneke van de Poll-Franse, Bogda Koczwara
ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
(2017)
Meeting Abstract
Oncology
Alison Pearce, Joanne Shaw, Anna-Lena Lopez, Melanie Price
ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
(2017)