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What do haematological cancer survivors want help with? A cross-sectional investigation of unmet supportive care needs

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to identify the most prevalent unmet needs of haematological cancer survivors. METHODS: Haematological cancer survivors aged 18–80 years at time of recruitment were selected from four Australian state cancer registries. Survivors completed the Survivor Unmet Needs Survey...

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Autores principales: Hall, Alix E, Sanson-Fisher, Rob W, Lynagh, Marita C, Tzelepis, Flora, D’Este, Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4456764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26047620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1188-7
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author Hall, Alix E
Sanson-Fisher, Rob W
Lynagh, Marita C
Tzelepis, Flora
D’Este, Catherine
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Sanson-Fisher, Rob W
Lynagh, Marita C
Tzelepis, Flora
D’Este, Catherine
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description BACKGROUND: This study aimed to identify the most prevalent unmet needs of haematological cancer survivors. METHODS: Haematological cancer survivors aged 18–80 years at time of recruitment were selected from four Australian state cancer registries. Survivors completed the Survivor Unmet Needs Survey. The most frequently reported “high/very high” unmet needs items were identified, as well as characteristics associated with the three most prevalent “high/very high” unmet needs reported by haematological cancer survivors. RESULTS: A total of 715 eligible survivors returned a completed survey. “Dealing with feeling tired” (17%), was the most frequently endorsed “high/very high” unmet need. Seven out of the ten most frequently endorsed unmet needs related to emotional health. Higher levels of psychological distress (e.g., anxiety, depression and stress) and indicators of financial burden as a result of cancer (e.g., having used up savings and trouble meeting day-to-day expenses due to cancer) were consistently identified as characteristics associated with the three most prevalent “high/very high” unmet needs. CONCLUSIONS: A minority of haematological cancer survivors endorsed a “high/very high” unmet need on individual items. Additional emotional support may be needed by a minority of survivors. Survivors reporting high levels of psychological distress or those who experience increased financial burden as a result of their cancer diagnosis may be at risk of experiencing the most prevalent “high/very high” unmet needs identified by this study.
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spelling pubmed-44567642015-06-06 What do haematological cancer survivors want help with? A cross-sectional investigation of unmet supportive care needs Hall, Alix E Sanson-Fisher, Rob W Lynagh, Marita C Tzelepis, Flora D’Este, Catherine BMC Res Notes Short Report BACKGROUND: This study aimed to identify the most prevalent unmet needs of haematological cancer survivors. METHODS: Haematological cancer survivors aged 18–80 years at time of recruitment were selected from four Australian state cancer registries. Survivors completed the Survivor Unmet Needs Survey. The most frequently reported “high/very high” unmet needs items were identified, as well as characteristics associated with the three most prevalent “high/very high” unmet needs reported by haematological cancer survivors. RESULTS: A total of 715 eligible survivors returned a completed survey. “Dealing with feeling tired” (17%), was the most frequently endorsed “high/very high” unmet need. Seven out of the ten most frequently endorsed unmet needs related to emotional health. Higher levels of psychological distress (e.g., anxiety, depression and stress) and indicators of financial burden as a result of cancer (e.g., having used up savings and trouble meeting day-to-day expenses due to cancer) were consistently identified as characteristics associated with the three most prevalent “high/very high” unmet needs. CONCLUSIONS: A minority of haematological cancer survivors endorsed a “high/very high” unmet need on individual items. Additional emotional support may be needed by a minority of survivors. Survivors reporting high levels of psychological distress or those who experience increased financial burden as a result of their cancer diagnosis may be at risk of experiencing the most prevalent “high/very high” unmet needs identified by this study. BioMed Central 2015-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4456764/ /pubmed/26047620 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1188-7 Text en © Hall et al. 2015 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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D’Este, Catherine
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title_sort what do haematological cancer survivors want help with? a cross-sectional investigation of unmet supportive care needs
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4456764/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1188-7
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