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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"supportive care needs"”.
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A Holistic Assessment of the Perceived Supportive Care Needs of Cancer Patients during Treatment
… outpatient clinic by examining their perceived supportive care needs. The theoretical basis of the study lies in Alfred Adler's holistic view of human beings as unique and indivisible (1927/1954). Six individuals recently diagnosed with cancer were recruited from the same regional outpatient …
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Understanding the supportive care needs of glioma patients and their relatives: a qualitative longitudinal study
… growing recognition that non-clinical aspects of care for both patients and their families need to be acknowledged and integrated into health care provision in line with a patient-focused ethos of care. Currently, there is relatively little research exploring the psychosocial issues and needs of …
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The Unmet Psychosocial and Supportive Care Needs of Young Adults who have a Parent with a Non-Communicable Disease
AIMS Unmet needs have mainly been investigated with formal and informal adult caregivers and ill individuals within psycho-oncology; findings indicate unmet needs are associated with negative affective state and caregiver burden. Research relating to adolescent children’s experiences of unmet needs …
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The clinical care of patients with lung cancer: identifying and supporting those with unmet care needs
… a high symptom burden, increased psychosocial needs and a high mortality. Supportive care needs are often relevant from diagnosis. Despite this there are no clear follow-up structures for lung cancer patients that address both cancer management and supportive care. The aims of this study were …
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A mixed-methods study into the quality of life of adult survivors of haematological malignancies.
… haematological malignancies and identify unmet supportive care needs. The first quantitative survey phase used QoL questionnaires validated for use in cancer (EORTC QLQ C30 & EQ-5D), and disease-specific questionnaires for survivors of multiple myeloma (MY-20) and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia …
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Rural Women's Perspectives on Cancer Care in Southern Saskatchewan
… in their lifetime. A cancer diagnosis requires supportive care during diagnosis, treatment, follow up and palliative care. Those living in rural areas in Canada experience additional burdens in meeting supportive care needs. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of women who …
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Prädiktive Wertigkeit dreier onkogeriatrischer Screenings
… geriatric assessment (CGA) for verification of supportive care needs was undertaken on patients with impaired G8 scores. During chemotherapy treatment patients were assessed, capturing grade 0–5 CRT as defined by NCI CTCAE 4. Results: 104 patients with non-haematological cancers were included at …
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Family experiences and viewpoints of palliative and supportive care for children with cancer: Can we do better?
Background: The palliative and supportive care needs of children with cancer and their families are unique and require special attention. Children and their families in Africa facing lifethreatening/ life-limiting diseases have unique needs and have the right to achieve effective and evidence-based …
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Wellspring: an intrinsic case study of community-based education for adults living with cancer /
… how this has significant impact on meeting the needs of those touched by cancer. Improved technology has extended life expectancy, so that Canadians living with cancer, or even dying with cancer now spend less time in direct medical care. The notion of cancer as simply a medical concern is …
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OPTIMISTIC: OPTIMISing care and support for patients with inoperable pancreaTIC cancer and their family carers
… intrinsic case study explores the provision of supportive care to people with inoperable pancreatic cancer and their family carers (FCs) in England. The aim of the research was to develop recommendations for optimising supportive care provision for this cohort. Sixty semi-structured interviews …
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An exploration of treatment decision making and psychological wellbeing of men with prostate cancer
… interventions to improve health and healthcare suggest that all intervention development should start with understanding the problem, identifying needs, and identifying factors which are potentially modifiable (O'Cathain et al., 2019). Qualitative research is exploratory, and can provide a …
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NEED OF BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS AND PROPOSAL OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY INTERVENTION TO SUPPORT THEIR RETURN -TO -WORK PROCESS
… uno studio osservazionale prospettico e 4) verificare la fattibilità di un intervento multidisciplinare di riabilitazione vocazionale che affronti le difficoltà legate al lavoro attraverso uno studio di fattibilità prospettico. Metodi Per la revisione sistematica, sono stati ricercati nei …