Goals of work The identification and management of unmet supportive care needs is an
essential component of health care for people with cancer. Information about the prevalence …

Understanding what cancer patients need to know and from whom they receive information
during the course of care is essential to ensuring quality care. We reviewed 112 articles …

Objective This study aimed to develop and validate a short version of the Supportive Care
Needs Survey (SCNS) that would reduce respondent burden and could be used in routine …

Purpose To estimate prevalence and severity of patients' self-perceived supportive care
needs in the immediate post-treatment phase and identify predictors of unmet need. Patients …

Objective The assessment of supportive care needs is a crucial step in the development of
appropriate interventions that may improve the quality of life of cancer patients. This review …

Purpose We described unmet information and service needs of adolescent and young adult
(AYA) cancer survivors (15–39 years of age) and identified sociodemographic and health …

In light of the increasing population living with a history of cancer in the United States, it is
important to attend to quality of life and health in this group, and to develop effective …

BACKGROUND. Few studies have evaluated lymphedema after gynecological cancer
treatment. The aim of this research was to establish prevalence, correlates, and supportive …

This article discusses the undertaking of research using a constructivist philosophical
framework and ethnographic techniques, which can include individual interviews, focus …

For many patients confronted with chronic diseases, spirituality/religiosity is an important
resource for coping. Patients often report unmet spiritual and existential needs, and spiritual …