ArticleFrontiers in oncology2022
Unmet supportive care needs and associated factors: Evidence from 4195 cancer survivors in Shanghai, China.
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- A preliminary construction of the practical model of children's humanistic care from the perspective of Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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- Connected health in cancer survivorship: Evaluating the usability and utility of the cancer thriving and surviving programme in Ireland.Irish journal of medical science · 2025Article
- Factors associated with unmet supportive care needs among adult cancer survivors in South Korea: a cross-sectional survey.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Social risk factors screening preferences among breast and prostate cancer survivors: A qualitative study.Journal of psychosocial oncology · 2025Article
- Supportive care needs and quality of life among cancer patients in China: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Mapping the supportive care needs and quality of life of adult survivors of childhood cancer at a comprehensive cancer center in the Middle East.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Measuring the continuing care needs of inpatients in rural China.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- The unmet needs of patients in the early rehabilitation stage after lung cancer surgery: a qualitative study based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- Current status of and future perspectives on care for cancer survivors in China.Global health & medicine · 2023Review
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Abstract
Background: Cancer survivors at different stages of life often have different needs that make it challenging for services to provide satisfactory care. Few studies have considered whether services are truly meeting the needs of cancer patients by exploring and identifying their perspectives on unmet needs. Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the unmet needs of cancer survivors and to further determine the potential impact of socio-demographic factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study that included 4195 cancer patients was conducted in Shanghai, China. Using Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory as a conceptual framework, the questionnaire included five dimensions: information, life and finances, continuing care, emotions, and self-actualization. Correlation analysis and ordered logistic regression analysis was used to explore the relationship between demographic sociological factors and unmet needs for supportive care. Results: The most common unmet supportive care needs include information needs (2.91 ± 1.32), self-actualization needs (2.69 ± 1.32) and continuing care needs (2.59 ± 1.30). Unmet needs for life and finances were more pronounced among cancer participants in the 45-69 age group. After adjusting for confounders, we found that each 6-month increase in the time since diagnosis was associated with a 0.8% (OR: 0.992, 95% CI: 0.985-0.998) reduction in high need for continuing care and a 0.9% (OR:0.991, 95% CI: 0.983-0.999) reduction in high need for self-actualization, respectively. Conclusions: Information needs are the most important concern among the diverse unmet needs of cancer survivors. Time since diagnosis is associated with unmet supportive care needs of cancer survivors. The findings highlight the large gap between actual health services and patients' unmet need for supportive care, which will provide the basis for a patient-centered supportive care system for cancer survivors.
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