ArticleEcancermedicalscience2018
Supportive care needs of multicultural patients with cancer in the United Arab Emirates.
Article in Ecancermedicalscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Sexual activity and cancer: A systematic review of prevalence, predictors and information needs among female Arab cancer survivors.European journal of cancer care · 2022Pooled it
- Supportive care needs of women with breast cancer in the Middle East and North Africa region: A scoping review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Review
- Supportive care needs and associated factors among reproductive age women with breast cancer.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Article
- Unmet needs and emotional well-being of family caregivers of adult patients with cancer in Oman: a cross-sectional study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Cancer research in the United Arab Emirates from birth to present: A bibliometric analysis.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Determinants of unmet physical and psychological supportive care needs among adult cancer patients in Southern Ethiopia.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2023Article
- Supportive Care Needs (SCN) of Cancer Patients Referred to the Medical Centers in Iran.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2023Article
- The Unmet Supportive Care Needs of Omani Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer.Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2022Article
- Analysis of the unmet needs of Palestinian advanced cancer patients and their relationship to emotional distress: results from a cross-sectional study.BMC palliative care · 2022Article
- The Clinical Practice Adopted by Physiotherapists in Managing Head and Neck Cancer Subjects within the United Arab Emirates: A Survey.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2022Article
- Factors Contributing to Non-Attendance of GI Endoscopic Procedures in a Tertiary Care Center in the Middle East.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2022Article
- Mediator Roles of Social Support and Hope in the Relationship Between Body Image Distress and Resilience in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment: A Modeling Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Factors associated with unmet supportive care needs of oncology patients at Dessie Referral Hospital, 2020.Ecancermedicalscience · 2021Article
- Comparison of perceptions of unmet supportive care needs between cancer patients and their oncologists.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Despite the high prevalence of cancer in the Middle East, there is limited published data reporting the needs of cancer patients in this region of the world. The purpose of this study is to assess the unmet supportive care needs of oncology patients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). From December 2014 to December 2016, a cross-sectional survey of cancer patients was conducted at a large tertiary care hospital and an oncology referral centre in the UAE, using a validated Arabic translation of the supportive care needs survey--short form (SCNS-SF34-A), assessing cancer-specific perceived needs across five domains: psychological, health system information, patient care and support, physical and daily living and sexuality. Chi-square test and Pearson's correlation coefficient were used to assess the association between variables. Participant responses were tabulated as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). The response rate was 78% (210/268). Five of the 10 items from the psychological domain constituted the 10 most prevalent unmet moderate or high needs, followed by physical and daily living needs (3.04 ± 0.029,
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.