Most prevalent unmet supportive care needs and quality of life of breast cancer patients in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia
| Autor: | Rizal Am, Zobaida Edib, Norlia Abdullah, Sami Abdo Radman Al-Dubai, Verasingam Kumarasamy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Quality of life medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study media_common.quotation_subject MEDLINE Breast Neoplasms Unmet needs Tertiary Care Centers 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Breast cancer Survivorship curve Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Prevalence Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Survivors media_common Aged Aged 80 and over Health Services Needs and Demand business.industry Research Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Malaysia Cancer General Medicine Fear Middle Aged medicine.disease humanities Cross-Sectional Studies Feeling 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine Needs assessment Female business Needs Assessment Supportive care |
| Zdroj: | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes |
| ISSN: | 1477-7525 |
| Popis: | Background Addressing breast cancer patients’ unmet supportive care needs in the early stage of their survivorship have become a prime concern because of its significant association with poor quality of life (QOL), which in turn increases healthcare utilization and costs. There is no study about unmet supportive care needs of breast cancer patients in Malaysia. This study aims to assess the most prevalent unmet supportive care needs of Malaysian breast cancer patients and the association between QOL and patients’ characteristics, and their unmet supportive care needs. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Surgery and Oncology Clinic between May 2014 and June 2014 in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia. A total of 117 patients out of 133 breast cancer patients recruited by universal sampling were interviewed using a structured questionnaire consisted of three parts: participants’ socio-demographic and disease characteristics, Supportive Care Needs Survey-Short Form Questionnaire (SCNS-SF34) and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire C30 (EORTC QLQ-C30). Results The highest unmet supportive care needs were observed in the psychological domain (Mean 53.31; SD ± 21.79), followed by physical domain (Mean 38.16; SD ± 27.15). Most prevalent unmet supportive care needs were uncertainty about the future (78.6 %), fears about the cancer spreading (76.1 %), feelings of sadness (69.2 %), feelings about death and dying (68.4 %), concerns about those close to the patient (65.0 %) and feeling down or depressed (65.0 %). Multivariate linear analysis showed that early breast cancer survivors diagnosed at an advanced stage and with greater physical and psychological needs were significantly (p |
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