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01-11-2016 | Original Article

Prevalence of unmet needs and correlated factors in advanced-stage cancer patients receiving rehabilitation

Authors: Takaaki Hasegawa, Naoya Goto, Naoto Matsumoto, Yusuke Sasaki, Takashi Ishiguro, Nanori Kuzuya, Yasuyuki Sugiyama

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 11/2016

Abstract

Purpose

Although rehabilitation for patients with cancer is currently being provided throughout all phases of the disease, including the advanced stage, much remains unknown about the needs of such patients. The aims of this study were to identify the supportive care and unmet needs of cancer patients receiving rehabilitation interventions and to investigate the factors associated with those unmet needs.

Methods

A total of 45 patients with cancer receiving rehabilitation interventions participated in this study between June 2013 and December 2015. Measures included the Japanese version of the Short-Form Supportive Care Needs Survey Questionnaire (SCNS-SF34), the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and various other medico-social factors.

Results

The mean age of the cancer patients was 66.6 years, the mean (±standard deviation) FIM score was 111.8 (±16.1), and the mean HADS score was 13.9 (±8.2). The patients had a mean of 17.4 (±10.3) unmet needs. The top ten unmet needs related to rehabilitation intervention included seven psychological needs, two health system and information needs, and one physical and daily living need. Multiple regression analysis revealed that psychological distress (HADS ≥11), marital status, and sex were significantly associated with physical and daily living needs.

Conclusions

These results suggest that psychosocial factors are important in understanding the supportive care and unmet needs of cancer patients receiving rehabilitation interventions.

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Title: Prevalence of unmet needs and correlated factors in advanced-stage cancer patients receiving rehabilitation
Authors: Takaaki Hasegawa
Naoya Goto
Naoto Matsumoto
Yusuke Sasaki
Takashi Ishiguro
Nanori Kuzuya
Yasuyuki Sugiyama
Publication date: 01-11-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 11/2016
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-016-3327-7

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