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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2020

Unmet needs in the physical and daily living domain mediates the influence of symptom experience on the quality of life of gastric cancer patients.

Sun Young Rha, Hyo Jin Lee, Jiyeon Lee

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Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  15. Does basic information concerning nutrition improve the information needs of breast cancer patients? An evaluation.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020
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3 authors.

Sun Young RhaCollege of Medicine and Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
Hyo Jin LeeCollege of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea.
Jiyeon LeeCollege of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Munhwa-ro 266, Jung-gu, Daejeon, South Korea. Jiyeon.lee@cnu.ac.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6413-329X

Funding

Chungnam National University (KR) 2018-0543-01National Research Foundation of Korea 2015R1A1A1A05001342
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeGastric cancer patients are expected to have considerable supportive care needs; however, few studies have been conducted. This study aimed to understand the unmet needs of gastric cancer patients at different phases of the cancer journey, identify factors contributing to their unmet needs and quality of life (QOL) and explore the relationships among unmet needs, symptom experience, anxiety, depression, and QOL.

methodsA correlational study was conducted using data from 223 gastric cancer patients. The instruments include the SCNS-SF 34, HADS, MDASI, and EORTC QLQ-C 30 (Korean version). Descriptive statistics, t test/ANOVA, Pearson's correlation, multiple regression, and path analyses were used to analyze the data.

resultsUnmet needs in the health system and information domain were the highest. The phase of the cancer journey had a significant association only with physical and daily living unmet needs (p = 0.027). Physical and daily living unmet needs, symptom severity, symptom interference, and depression demonstrated direct effects on QOL. The physical and daily living unmet needs mediated the association between symptom experience (symptom severity and interference with daily living caused by symptoms) and QOL. The overall paths explained 51.6% of the variance in the QOL of gastric cancer patients (p < 0.001).

conclusionThe health system and information unmet needs of gastric cancer patients should be fulfilled by reinforcing the continuity of care, professional counseling, and self-care education. Unmet needs in the physical and daily living domain have to be appraised to facilitate improved symptom management to minimize the negative influence on QOL. Factors contributing to the unmet needs and QOL of gastric cancer patients need to be reflected in supportive care planning.

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Health Services Needs and DemandNeeds AssessmentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnxietyCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPalliative CarePhysical ExaminationQuality of LifeStomach NeoplasmsDepressionQuality of lifeSymptom experienceUnmet needs

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