Changes and Predictors of Unmet Supportive Care Needs in Taiwanese Women With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer

Liao, Mei‐Nan; Chen, Shu‐Ching; Chen, Shin‐Cheh; Lin, Yung‐Chang; Hsu, Yuan-Ming; Hung, Hsueh-Chih; Wang, Chaohui; Chen, Miin-Fu; Jane, Sui‐Whi

doi:10.1188/12.onf.e380-e389

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“…The women in this study had high unmet supportive care needs, with unmet needs greatest in the health system and information, and physical and daily living domains. This is similar to Asian studies conducted in Taiwan (Liao et al, 2012), Japan (Nakaguchi et al, 2013) and Hong Kong Li et al, 2013) wherein breast cancer patients reported high rates of unmet supportive care needs, particularly in the informational domain. This contrasts with research conducted in Western countries, including Switzerland (Schmid-Büchi et al, 2012), Australia (Hodgkinson et al, 2007;McDowell et al, 2010), Germany (Lam et al, 2011), England (Armes et al, 2009;Harrison et al, 2011) and Canada (Whelan et al, 1997), wherein breast cancer patients have moderate levels of supportive care needs and unmet needs were highest in the psychological domain.…”

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confidence: 69%

“…Investigations of supportive care needs among South East Asian breast cancer patients suggests that a large percentage have unmet needs Liao et al, 2012;Au et al, 2013;Li et al, 2013;Nakaguchi et al, 2013). Previous Iranian researchers have documented high rates of disrupted psychological functioning among breast cancer patients (Montazeri et al, 2002;Tavoli et al, 2008), and a lack of disease and treatment related information or education (Montazeri et al, 2002), but evidence of unmet supportive care needs is lacking.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Un-met Supportive Care Needs of Iranian Breast Cancer Patients

Abdollahzadeh

Moradi²,

Pakpour³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Background: Assessment of supportive needs is the requirement to plan any supportive care program for cancer patients. There is no evidence about supportive care needs of Iranian breast cancer patients. So, the aims of present study were to investigate this question and s predictive factors. Materials and Methods: A descriptivecorrelational study was conducted, followed by logistic regression analyses. The Supportive Care Needs Survey was completed by 136 breast cancer patients residing in Iran following their initial treatment. This assessed needs in five domains: psychological, health system and information, physical and daily living, patient care and support, and sexuality. Results: Patient perceived needs were highest in the health systems and information (71%), and physical and daily living (68%) domains. Logistic regression modeling revealed that younger participants have more un-met needs in all domains and those with more children reported fewer un-met needs in patient care and support domains. In addition, married women had more un-met supportive care needs related to sexuality. Conclusions: The high rate of un-met supportive care needs in all domains suggests that supportive care services are desperately required for breast cancer patients in Iran. Moreover, services that address informational needs and physical and daily living needs ought to be the priority, with particular attention paid to younger women. Further research is clearly needed to fully understand supportive care needs in this cultural context.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 69%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Un-met Supportive Care Needs of Iranian Breast Cancer Patients

Abdollahzadeh

Moradi²,

Pakpour³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Notably, a systematic literature review on unmet needs of newly diagnosed older cancer patients undergoing active cancer treatment revealed that the level of unmet needs after the start of treatment is high with the most common needs being psychological and information needs (Puts et al, 2012). Several longitudinal studies have demonstrated that unmet supportive care needs decrease over time yet may persist over months or years, and that individual patient needs change during treatment and later phases of survivorship (Armes et al, 2009;Liao et al, 2012;McDowell et al, 2010;Minstrell et al, 2008).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Resilience and unmet supportive care needs in patients with cancer during early treatment: A descriptive study

Dubey

María

Hoeppli³

et al. 2015

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

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“…The mean score of depression in this study was lower than that of patients undergoing treatment in a survey by Chen et al (2012), and higher than patients who had completed treatment. Such findings may reflect that active treatment is a possible stress event.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 45%

“…SSS-m items are scored from 0 (not at all) to 3 (always), with higher total scores indicating higher levels of social support. The scale has been reported to have satisfactory psychometric properties in previous study in Taiwanese (Liao et al, 2012).…”

Section: Questionnairementioning

confidence: 99%

Depression and Predictors in Taiwanese Survivors with Oral Cancer

Chen

Huang²,

Lin³

2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Background: Depression is a comorbid disabling problem and potentially affects patient likelihood of survival. The aims of this study were to recognize the characteristics of depression and investigate associated predictor factors in patients with oral cancers. Methods: A cross-sectional and correlational design was used to collect data for this study conducted in northern Taiwan. A set of questionnaires was used to measure depression, symptom distress, performance status, social support, and demographic and disease-related information. Logistic regression was conducted to determine important factors predicting depression. Results: A total of 132 oral cancer patients participated in this study. Of these, 18.2% were identified as depression cases. The patient average performance status score was 90 or higher. Patients reported mild-to-moderate levels of symptom distress. The majority of social support was from families. Religious belief, alcohol use, symptom distress, and social support from family were found to be important factors predicting depression. Patients with religious belief with alcohol use reported greater symptom distress, and those with lower levels of social support from families were significantly more likely to develop depression. Conclusions: Clinicians should assess patient emotional status and manage symptoms in a timely manner to enhance coping abilities. Supportive care provides assurance during the acute survivor phase.

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Changes and Predictors of Unmet Supportive Care Needs in Taiwanese Women With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer

Abstract: Oncology nurses should assess the needs of patients with breast cancer and provide them with individualized, culturally sensitive informational, social, and emotional support from breast cancer diagnosis through the first four months of treatment.

Cited by 65 publications

References 33 publications

Un-met Supportive Care Needs of Iranian Breast Cancer Patients

Un-met Supportive Care Needs of Iranian Breast Cancer Patients

Resilience and unmet supportive care needs in patients with cancer during early treatment: A descriptive study

Depression and Predictors in Taiwanese Survivors with Oral Cancer

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