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ArticleHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2024

Living With and Beyond Cancer With Comorbid Conditions: Qualitative Insights to Understand Psychosocial Support Needs.

Debbie Cavers, Sarah Cunningham-Burley, Eila Watson, Elspeth Banks, Christine Campbell

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Article in Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Mapping the unmet supportive care needs of cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers: results from a cross-sectional survey.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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Debbie CaversUsher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5419-6331
Sarah Cunningham-BurleyUsher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Eila WatsonFaculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Elspeth BanksUsher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Christine CampbellUsher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4868-0554

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Chief Scientist Office PDF/15/06This research was supported by the Chief Scientist's Office of the Scottish Government, study reference: PDF/15/06.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThere is a pressing need to understand and explore the complex experiences and psychosocial support needs of people LWBC-CM and their informal caregivers, to inform survivorship and supportive care interventions.

methodsIn-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with people LWBC-CM and their informal caregivers in Scotland, invited via primary care. One-to-one, face-to-face interviews were conducted with informed consent exploring experiences of symptoms, psychosocial support needs and interactions with health services. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using a thematic approach.

resultsForty-one people LWBC-CM and twenty-three informal caregivers were interviewed. Four themes were identified: the Physical and Psychological Impact of Cancer and Comorbidity, Dominant Storie-Prioritising Conditions and Making Sense of Illness, Navigating Health Services and Treatments and Caring for People with Complex Health Conditions. Type and severity of conditions mediated people's experiences and daily living. Complex fatigue-fatigue arising from a number of health conditions-dominated symptomology. Participants navigated multiple appointments and complex medication regimes. Patients identified the need for acknowledgement of other chronic conditions and for streamlined care provision. Mutual caring and social isolation were also identified as part of the caring relationship.

conclusionsThere is a mandate to address the psychosocial support needs of people LWBC-CM, and their informal carers, given the burden of treatment for cancer survivors with moderate to severe complex conditions as they navigate health services. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: A patient representative has been involved in all stages of the study from development of the application through study design, commenting on documentation, analysis of transcripts and writing the manuscript. They are included as an author on the manuscript.

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CaregiversComorbidityInterviews as TopicNeoplasmsQualitative ResearchAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCancer SurvivorsChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychosocial Support SystemsScotlandcancer multimorbiditycancer survivorcomorbidityintegrated carequalitativesurvivorship care

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PMCPMC11456226

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