Trial reportSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2012
Unmet supportive care needs in colorectal cancer: differences by age.
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- Group-based trajectory modeling for supportive care needs in Chinese cancer survivors: A systematic review.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Review
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- Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version of the Short-Form Supportive Care Needs Survey Questionnaire (SCNS-SF34-It): A Multicenter Validation Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
- Is It Possible to Notice the Unmet Non-Medical Needs among Cancer Patients? Application of the Needs Evaluation Questionnaire in Men with Lung Cancer.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Article
- Identifying unmet information needs of advanced cancer patients in Iran: An in-depth qualitative study.Health science reports · 2022Article
- Testing the effects on information use by older versus younger women of modality and narration style in a hospital report card.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022Article
- Colorectal cancer survival: prevalence of psychosocial distress and unmet supportive care needs.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- The needs of colorectal cancer patients/survivors: A narrative review.Journal of education and health promotion · 2022Review
- Health services research in colorectal cancer: a quasi-experimental interventional pilot study on in- and outpatient oncology.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2021Article
- Validity and reliability of the Amharic version of supportive care needs survey - short form 34 among cancer patients in Ethiopia.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Testing the Effects of Modality and Narration Style on Patients' Information Use in a Lung Cancer Treatment Decision Aid.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2020Article
- Measurement invariance across gender and age groups, validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the short-form supportive care needs survey questionnaire (SCNS-SF34).Health and quality of life outcomes · 2020Article
- Supportive care needs of patients following treatment for colorectal cancer: risk factors for unmet needs and the association between unmet needs and health-related quality of life-results from the ColoREctal Wellbeing (CREW) study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2019Article
- Cancer survivors' needs during various treatment phases after multimodal treatment for colon cancer - is there a role for eHealth?BMC cancer · 2018Article
- Can models of self-management support be adapted across cancer types? A comparison of unmet self-management needs for patients with breast or colorectal cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2018Article
- Unmet supportive care needs of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders with cancer: a prospective, longitudinal study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2017Article
- Unmet Supportive Care Needs of Iranian Cancer Patients and its Related Factors.Journal of caring sciences · 2016Article
- The prevalence and nature of supportive care needs in lung cancer patients.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2016Article
- Utilization of supportive care by survivors of colorectal cancer: results from the PROFILES registry.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2016Article
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Abstract
purposeCancer is primarily a disease of ageing, yet the unmet supportive care needs of older cancer patients are not well understood. This study aims to explore how unmet needs differ by age over the 3 months following colorectal cancer surgery.
methodsControl groups from pilot phases of an ongoing randomised trial completed the Supportive Care Needs Survey-Short Form 34 (SCNS-SF34) at 1 and 3 months following hospital discharge (n = 57). Multiple regression was used to investigate whether age was an independent predictor of unmet needs in each of the five SCNS-SF34 domains. The proportion of patients with unmet needs and the pattern of item responses were compared between patients aged <65 and ≥ 65 years at both time points.
resultsOlder age independently predicted significantly lower levels of unmet need than younger age in nearly all SCNS-SF34 domains. However, more than half of all older patients had unmet needs at both time points (56% and 65%), and age differences in unmet needs were less apparent by 3 months. Older patients were less likely than younger patients to report 'satisfied' needs, as older patients were significantly more likely to report items were 'not applicable' at both 1 month (mean difference 29%, p < 0.001) and 3 months (mean difference 23%, p = 0.01).
conclusionsWhile older patients reported lower levels of unmet need than younger patients, the high prevalence of unmet needs and age differences in item response patterns indicate that further research is needed to determine whether older patients' needs are being accurately captured.
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