Unmet Supportive Care Needs of Survival Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

doi:10.3390/ijerph17103519

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Title:	Unmet Supportive Care Needs of Survival Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Authors:	Lin, YL;Chuang, CY;Hsieh, VCR;Tsai, MS;Liu, YF;Chen, XX;Shieh, SH
Keywords:	unmet care needs;survival patients;nasopharyngeal carcinoma;cancer stages and treatment
Date:	2020
Issue Date:	2022-08-09T08:06:39Z (UTC)
Publisher:	MDPI
Abstract:	This study examined unmet supportive care needs for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients by cancer stage and treatment phase, as well as the factors associated with these unmet needs. At a cancer center in central Taiwan, information on consultations and services patients received at the resource center was described in the service chart. We extracted data available for NPC patients to evaluate their unmet supportive care needs (health information, patient care, treatment, nutritional, psychosocial, and economic) and their association with sex, age, cancer stage, and treatment phase. The 145 NPC patients were 68.3% male, 60.0% less than 50 years old, and 83.5% diagnosed at stages III and IV. The most prevalent unmet need was nutritional (40.7%), followed by psychosocial and patient care, with economic unmet needs the least (4.8%). Women were more likely than men to have patient care unmet needs (32.6% vs. 15.2%). Nutritional unmet need was higher in older patients than in younger ones (83.3% vs. 35.6%), with an adjusted odds ratio (aOR) of 9.39 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.17-40.70). Psychosocial unmet needs were higher in younger patients than old patients (34.5% vs. 0%) and in patients interviewed during follow-up period than those at newly diagnosed (55.2% vs. 23.1%). In conclusion, the most commonly reported concern was nutritional unmet needs for NPC patients. Their unmet needs may vary by demographic and disease factors, including patient sex and age, cancer stage, and treatment phase.
URI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103519 https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000539300900176 https://ir.csmu.edu.tw:8080/handle/310902500/24703
Relation:	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH ,2020 ,v17 ,issue 10
Appears in Collections:	[中山醫學大學研究成果] 期刊論文

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