TY - JOUR
T1 - Unmet supportive care needs of Indonesian gynecological cancer survivors
AU - Afiyanti, Yati
AU - Gayatri, Dewi
AU - Besral, null
AU - dan Haryani, Haryani
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier España, S.L.U.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Objective: This study aimed to assess the unmet supportive care needs of gynecological cancer patients in Indonesia. Method: A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study using survey was used. We recruited 298 gynecological cancer survivors from three hospitals in different provinces in Indonesia, i.e., Soetomo Hospital in East Java; Sardjito Hospital in Yogyakarta; and Dharmais Cancer Hospital in Jakarta. Demographic and clinical characteristic and the Cancer Survivor Unmet Needs (CaSUN) questionnaires were given to measure supportive care needs (i.e. comprehensive care need, existential need, quality of life need, relationship need, and informational need). Descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, and mean were used to analyze the demographic and clinical characteristics and unmet supportive care needs of participants. Results: 98% of the survivors reported at least one supportive care need. The highest percentage of unmet supportive care need was an informational need (37.8%) followed by comprehensive care need (37.3%), quality of life need (36.1%), existential need (31.5%), and relationship need (23.9%). However, the highest mean of unmet needs was existential survivorship need 6.4 (5.7). Conclusions: Gynecological cancer survivors in Indonesia marked various unmet needs. Nurses should identify the supportive care needs of the women diagnosed with gynecological cancer early in cancer trajectory and also at the critical points of cancer care such as after including primary treatment.
AB - Objective: This study aimed to assess the unmet supportive care needs of gynecological cancer patients in Indonesia. Method: A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study using survey was used. We recruited 298 gynecological cancer survivors from three hospitals in different provinces in Indonesia, i.e., Soetomo Hospital in East Java; Sardjito Hospital in Yogyakarta; and Dharmais Cancer Hospital in Jakarta. Demographic and clinical characteristic and the Cancer Survivor Unmet Needs (CaSUN) questionnaires were given to measure supportive care needs (i.e. comprehensive care need, existential need, quality of life need, relationship need, and informational need). Descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, and mean were used to analyze the demographic and clinical characteristics and unmet supportive care needs of participants. Results: 98% of the survivors reported at least one supportive care need. The highest percentage of unmet supportive care need was an informational need (37.8%) followed by comprehensive care need (37.3%), quality of life need (36.1%), existential need (31.5%), and relationship need (23.9%). However, the highest mean of unmet needs was existential survivorship need 6.4 (5.7). Conclusions: Gynecological cancer survivors in Indonesia marked various unmet needs. Nurses should identify the supportive care needs of the women diagnosed with gynecological cancer early in cancer trajectory and also at the critical points of cancer care such as after including primary treatment.
KW - Gynecological cancer survivors
KW - Supportive care need
KW - Unmet needs
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U2 - 10.1016/j.enfcli.2019.04.131
DO - 10.1016/j.enfcli.2019.04.131
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85068975610
SN - 1130-8621
VL - 29
SP - 869
EP - 873
JO - Enfermeria Clinica
JF - Enfermeria Clinica
ER -