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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2022

Factors associated with a high level of unmet needs and their prevalence in the breast cancer survivors 1-5 years after post local treatment and (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy during the COVID-19: A cross-sectional study.

Špela Miroševič, Judith Prins, Simona Borštnar, Nikola Besić, Vesna Homar, Polona Selič-Zupančič, Andreja Cirila Škufca Smrdel, Zalika Klemenc-Ketiš

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer survivorship: a scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  4. 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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  6. Unmet needs among long-term breast cancer survivors.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2025
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  8. Lessons learned from COVID-19: improving breast cancer care post-pandemic from the patient perspective.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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8 authors.

Špela MiroševičDepartment of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Judith PrinsDepartment of Medical Psychology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Simona BorštnarDepartment of Medical Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Nikola BesićDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Vesna HomarDepartment of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Polona Selič-ZupančičDepartment of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Andreja Cirila Škufca SmrdelDepartment of Psycho-Oncology, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Zalika Klemenc-KetišDepartment of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To assess the prevalence of unmet needs in post-treatment breast cancer survivors and identify sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial variables associated with reported unmet needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional study, 430 post-treatment breast cancer survivors, ranging between 1 and 5 years after the procedure, completed the Cancer Survivors' Unmet Needs (CaSUN) questionnaire from September 2021 and January 2022. The multivariate logistic analysis identified factors associated with at least one reported unmet need in the total CaSUN scale and specific domains. Results: A total of 67% of survivors reported at least one unmet need. The most frequently reported unmet needs were the lack of accessible hospital parking (43%) and recurrence concerns (39.5%). The majority of reported unmet needs relate to comprehensive care (44%), followed by the psychological and emotional support domain (35.3%). Younger age (OR = 0.95, 95% CI = 0.92-0.99; Conclusion: A high prevalence found in our study could be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, where patients may have missed adequate follow-up care, although comparing to studies done in non-pandemic time is difficult. Family physicians should be more attentive toward younger cancer survivors and those with more comorbidities as both characteristics can be easily recognized in the family practice.

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breast cancercancer survivors (MeSH term)fear of cancer recurrenceneeds assessment [MeSH]psycho-oncologyquality of life

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