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ReviewAsia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing

Unmet Supportive Care Needs of Patients with Hematological Malignancies: A Systematic Review.

Ioanna Tsatsou, Theocharis Konstantinidis, Ioannis Kalemikerakis, Theodoula Adamakidou, Eugenia Vlachou, Ourania Govina

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Review in Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. The efficacy of lavender oil on fatigue and sleep quality in patients with hematological malignancy receiving chemotherapy: a single-blind randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  6. Beyond breast cancer: mapping unmet needs and advancing an evidence-based framework of survivorship care.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  11. Quality of Life Among Polish Patients with Multiple Myeloma: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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  14. More than "hematology": a qualitative study on the experience of hematologists treating people with blood cancer in Greece.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ioanna TsatsouOncology-Hematology Department, Hellenic Airforce General Hospital, Heraklion, Greece.
Theocharis KonstantinidisDepartment of Nursing, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Heraklion, Greece.
Ioannis KalemikerakisDepartment of Nursing, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
Theodoula AdamakidouDepartment of Nursing, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
Eugenia VlachouDepartment of Nursing, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
Ourania GovinaDepartment of Nursing, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hematological malignancies require intensive and long-term treatment, which brings a significant burden on patients, leading to unmet supportive care needs. The purpose of this review was to investigate the unmet supportive care needs of patients with hematological malignancies during and after active treatment as well as the factors that affect them. A systematic bibliographic search was carried out in the PubMed database for English articles published between 2009 and 2020 according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews guidelines and under the terms: "unmet needs", "supportive care", "hematological malignancy" and "hematological cancer." Twenty studies were evaluated and reviewed. Hierarchical frequently reported unmet supportive care needs were informational, emotional, physical, daily living/practical (accessibility, transportation, and financial problems), and family life/relational needs. In particular, patients with multiple myeloma most frequently reported unmet needs at the informational, physical, emotional, and daily living/practical domain. Patients with myelodysplastic syndromes reported physical, emotional, practical, and relational needs. Patients with leukemia and lymphoma rated their needs as informational, physical, psychological, daily living, and sexual. Sexual and spiritual unmet needs were reported at a low level. Predictive indicators for increased unmet supportive care needs were the type of the hematological malignancy, younger age, marital status, female gender, monthly income, coexistence of anxiety and depression, and altered quality of life. To conclude with, the literature reports a significant number of unmet supportive care needs in patients with hematological malignancies, whose frequency and intensity were influenced by a variety of factors. However, the large heterogeneity of studies (design, sample, and needs assessment tools) makes the generalization of the results difficult.

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Hematological cancershematological malignanciessupportive careunmet needs

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PMID33426184
PMCPMC7785074

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