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 describes and analyzes the prevalence and predictors of the unmet supportive care needs of breast cancer (BC) patients and survivors and suggests paths for further research.
Method: Multiple databases were searched, considering only quantitative studies using validated needs assessment instruments and focusing uniquely on women diagnosed with BC.
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In de loop der jaren is er een uitgebreid palet aan Psychosociale oncologische zorg (PSOZ) ontstaan. Naast het reguliere behandelaanbod binnen de PSOZ, zijn er altijd ontwikkelingen gaande en worden er nieuwe Psychosociale oncologische interventies (verder PSO-interventies) ontwikkeld. De praktijk wijst uit dat het niet altijd eenvoudig is om te ontdekken wàt er nu waar en voor wie aangeboden wordt: een overzicht van PSO-interventies ontbreekt.
Objective: Many patients who experience distress do not seek help, and little is known about the reasons for this.We explored the reasons for declining help among patients who had significant emotional distress.
Objective: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) that assess the quality of patient-centred cancer care have failed to measure all six patient-centredness dimensions endorsed by the Institute
of Medicine (IOM). This study is the first to use the Quality of Patient-Centered Cancer Care (QPCCC) measure that covers all six IOM patient-centredness dimensions to examine haematological cancer survivors’ perceptions of care and characteristics associated with perceived quality of care.
Objective: The aim of this study is to examine differences in distress, problems and referral wish in cancer patients according to relationship status and life phase.
Background: The aim of this study is to validate the Basic Documentation for Psycho-Oncology Short Form (PO-Bado SF), a six item interview-based expert rating scale for distress screening in cancer
patients.
Background: Although worry about recurrence is a persistent concern among breast cancer survivors, little is known about physicians’ confidence about presenting recurrence risk information, identifying women with considerable worry, and helping women manage worry.
Methods: Between January and June 2012, we surveyed 750 surgeons and 750 medical oncologists randomly sampled from the American Medical Association Physician Masterfile. We tested differences
