ArticleAsia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing2026
Supportive care needs, decision-making participation attitudes, and quality of life in young and middle-aged Chinese patients with cancer: A latent profile and mediation analysis.
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Objective: This study aimed to identify latent profiles of unmet supportive care needs among young and middle-aged patients with cancer, examine the mediating role of attitudes toward decision-making participation between unmet supportive care needs and quality of life, and further explore the heterogeneity of this mediating pathway across different need-based subgroups. Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 324 young and middle-aged patients with cancer from July 2024 to May 2025. Data were collected using the Cancer Survivors' Unmet Needs measure, the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General, and the Attitudes Toward Patient Participation in Treatment Decision-Making Questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, Spearman's correlation analysis, latent profile analysis, Bayesian independent-samples Results: Latent profile analysis identified three latent classes of unmet supportive care needs: low (30.56%), moderate (49.38%), and high (20.06%). Mediation analysis indicated that, compared with the low unmet needs group, attitudes toward decision-making participation partially mediated the relationship between unmet needs and quality of life in the high unmet needs group, with a relative mediation effect of 0.10 (95% CI: 0.03, 0.19), whereas no such effect was observed in the moderate unmet needs group. Conclusions: This study clarifies the relationships among variables, reveals the heterogeneous distribution of unmet supportive care needs, and suggests a potential protective mediating role of attitudes toward decision-making participation in the high unmet needs group. The findings provide empirical evidence for developing stratified, precision support intervention strategies tailored to different need patterns.
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