ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2024
Unmet non-medical needs of cancer patients in Poland: a quantitative and qualitative study.
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- Beyond the Scan: Adapting Multimodal Lung Cancer Screening for Central and Eastern Europe-Overcoming Systemic Barriers and Epidemiological Confounders.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Assessing Unmet Needs of Patients With Chronic Pain: The Development and Validation of the Needs Evaluation Questionnaire for Chronic Pain.Pain research & management · 2026Article
- Adolescent Survivors of Childhood Cancer: Biopsychosocial Challenges and the Transition from Survival to Quality of Life.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Cancer related information that cancer patients need.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Mitigating uncertainty and improving nursing quality: information needs for patients and their families regarding intensive care unit (ICU) tours for lung cancer surgery.American journal of cancer research · 2025Article
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purposeCancer itself and its treatment have a multifaceted impact on patients' daily lives. The aim of the study was to determine unmet non-medical needs among Polish cancer patients.
methodsSurvey research using a 23-item Needs Evaluation Questionnaire (NEQ) was carried out among 1062 cancer patients from different regions of Poland. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were performed.
resultsThe quantitative analysis showed that 48% of the NEQ items (11/23) were expressed as unmet needs by at least half of patients. Unmet information needs were indicated by patients most often: information about their diagnosis, exams, treatment, future condition, funding and economic support. Cancer patients would like to get more attention from medical staff. Unmet needs were most frequently expressed by respondents who were men, with a lower level of education, living in village, pensioners. Qualitative analysis showed that each need may be understood in a variety of different ways across the cohort. Some patients added comments that the completing NEQ helped them to notice their non-medical needs.
conclusionPolish cancer patients have some unmet non-medical needs, especially informative needs.
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