Supportive care needs of Iranian cancer patients

Rahmani, Azad; Ferguson, Caleb; Jabarzadeh, Faranak; Mohammadpoorasl, Asghar; Moradi, Narges; Pakpour, Vahid

doi:10.4103/0973-1075.138400

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“…21 The aim of this article was to access factors which predict Iranian cancer patients unmet supportive care needs.…”

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Unmet Supportive Care Needs of Iranian Cancer Patients and its Related Factors

Tabrizi¹,

Rahmani²,

Jafarabadi³

et al. 2016

J Caring Sci

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Introduction: Investigation of supportive care needs of cancer patients is important to implement any supportive care programs. There is no relevant studies investigated supportive care needs of Iranian cancer patients and factors affecting such needs. So, the aims of present study were to determine the unmet supportive care needs of Iranian cancer patients and its predictive factors. Methods: In this descriptive- correlational study 274 cancer patients in one referral medical center in North West of Iran participated. For data collection, demographic and cancer related information checklist and Supportive Care Needs Survey (SCNS) was used. Logistic regression was used for data analysis of un-adjusted and adjusted Odds Ratios (ORs) for patients needs and analysis of variables of study based on Backward LR procedure SPSS Ver.13. Results: More than fifty percent of participants reported unmet needs in 18 items of SCNS. Most frequent unmet needs were related to health system and information domains and most meet needs were related to sexuality and psychological domains. The result of logistic regression identified predictors of each domain of supportive care needs. The variable such as sex, age and living situation were most important predictors of unmet needs. Conclusion: The results showed that Iranian cancer patients have many supportive care needs in different domains. In general female cancer patients are at risk of more unmet supportive care needs. So, health care professionals should be more sensitive to fulfillment of supportive care needs of female.

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“…21 The aim of this article was to access factors which predict Iranian cancer patients unmet supportive care needs.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unmet Supportive Care Needs of Iranian Cancer Patients and its Related Factors

Tabrizi¹,

Rahmani²,

Jafarabadi³

et al. 2016

J Caring Sci

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“…Using a range of 1.00–5.00, many of these studies recorded mean values close to or more than the average for the health system and information domain [1,8,10,25-28]. The consistency of this finding across different types of cancers and varying locations in Malaysia, Singapore [29], South Korea [30], Hong Kong [31], Australia [27], Europe, United States [26], Canada [18], and the United Kingdom further establishes the importance of the health system and information domain.…”

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Pattern and Predictors of Unmet Supportive Care Needs in Cancer Patients

Okediji¹,

Salako²,

Fatiregun³

2017

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The incidence of cancers is increasing and this is associated with an increase in the burden of the disease. Patients with cancer have to deal with reduced physical functioning, emotional instability, difficulty in concentrating, and an overall diminished feeling of well-being. This creates deficits that have not been well catered for by traditional cancer care, leading to an overall dissatisfaction with care and a reduced quality of life. This review aims at assessing the pattern of unmet needs in cancer patients and to provide information as to the factors that influence the perception of unmet needs. Studies directly focused on unmet needs in cancer patients which were retrieved from Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), Public/Publisher Medline (PubMed), PsychINFO, Excerpta Medica database (EMBASE), and Google Scholar; from the earliest records till 2016. Unmet needs in cancer patients have been measured with a wide variety of tools, with the supportive care needs survey (SCNS) being the most commonly used as a result of its strong psychometric properties, ease of use, responsiveness, and its coverage of the major domains of unmet needs. The most common unmet needs were in the domains of health system and information, psychological, and physical and daily living. These needs are influenced by sociodemographic factors such as age, sex, marital status, income level; and clinical factors such as location of cancer, stage of disease, and tumor size. It is clear that cancer patients experience a wide range of unmet supportive needs, for which solutions need to be devised in order to improve the supportive care services for these patients and their overall quality of life.

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“…Similar finding have been reported by others. In a study conducted in Iran it is reported that cancer patients have many unmet supportive care needs, especially in the domains of health system, information, physical and daily livings where more than half of the participants reported unmet supportive care needs (Rahmani, et al, 2014). Similar finding was reported by Michael, et al (2013).…”

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Educational Intervention for Nurses to Enhance Their Ability to Provide Palliative Care to Adult Cancer Patients

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Supportive care needs of Iranian cancer patients

Cited by 39 publications

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Unmet Supportive Care Needs of Iranian Cancer Patients and its Related Factors

Unmet Supportive Care Needs of Iranian Cancer Patients and its Related Factors

Pattern and Predictors of Unmet Supportive Care Needs in Cancer Patients

Educational Intervention for Nurses to Enhance Their Ability to Provide Palliative Care to Adult Cancer Patients

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