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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2023

Investigation and analysis of the comprehensive unmet needs of cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a cross-sectional study.

Xiaoyan Luo, Renshan Cui, Ningning Zhang, Haiying Jiang, Li Zhou, Xue Wang

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Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Xiaoyan LuoDepartment of Nursing, Medical College, Jiaxing University, No.899, Guangdome Road, Nanhu District, Jiaxing, 314001, Zhejiang Province, China.
Renshan CuiDepartment of Nursing, Medical College, Jiaxing University, No.899, Guangdome Road, Nanhu District, Jiaxing, 314001, Zhejiang Province, China. rscui@zjxu.edu.cn.
Ningning ZhangDepartment of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital of Jiaxing, Jiaxing, China.
Haiying JiangDepartment of Nursing, Medical College, Jiaxing University, No.899, Guangdome Road, Nanhu District, Jiaxing, 314001, Zhejiang Province, China.
Li ZhouDepartment of Nursing, Medical College, Jiaxing University, No.899, Guangdome Road, Nanhu District, Jiaxing, 314001, Zhejiang Province, China.
Xue WangSchool of Nursing, Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang, China.
Jiaxing University · CNFirst Hospital of Jiaxing · CNLiaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

Jiaxing City Science and Technology Plan project 2022AD10019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to describe the level of comprehensive needs among cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, to explore the relationship between comprehensive needs and demographic factors, and to examine the relationship between comprehensive needs and treatment variables.

methodA cross-sectional descriptive study design was adopted. From September 2021 to July 2022, 194 cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors were recruited using a convenience sampling method in tertiary teaching hospitals in Zhejiang Province, China. The Comprehensive Needs Assessment Tool for Cancer Patients (CNAT) and questionnaires to assess demographic and clinical characteristics were used to collect data.

resultsThe average comprehensive needs score for cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors was 39.2 ± 17.2. Patients reported high levels of medical care needs, knowledge information needs, hospital facilities needs and nursing needs but low levels of religious spiritual support needs, psychoemotional needs, actual support needs, and physical symptom needs. Multiple stepwise linear regression showed that age, primary caregivers, cancer type, number of immunotherapy courses and the occurrence of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) were the main factors affecting the comprehensive needs of cancer patients treated with ICIs (p < 0.05).

conclusionsAge, primary caregivers, cancer type, number of immunotherapy treatment courses and the occurrence of irAEs are important factors affecting the comprehensive unmet needs of cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Nurses should perform targeted interventions according to the different situations of patients to improve the quality of care.

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Immune Checkpoint InhibitorsNeoplasmsCross-Sectional StudiesHumansImmunotherapySurveys and QuestionnairesImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsCancerImmune checkpoint inhibitorsImmune-related adverse reactionsUnmet needs

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