Department of Psychology and Sociology of Health and Public Health, School of Public Health, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Warszawska 30, 10-082, Olsztyn, Poland.
Department of Surgery and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zielona Gora, Zyty 28, 65-046, Zielona Gora, Poland.
Support Care Cancer. 2024 Feb 22;32(3):183. doi: 10.1007/s00520-024-08387-5.
Cancer itself and its treatment have a multifaceted impact on patients' daily lives. The aim of the study was to determine unmet non-medical needs among Polish cancer patients.
Survey research using a 23-item Needs Evaluation Questionnaire (NEQ) was carried out among 1062 cancer patients from different regions of Poland. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were performed.
The quantitative analysis showed that 48% of the NEQ items (11/23) were expressed as unmet needs by at least half of patients. Unmet information needs were indicated by patients most often: information about their diagnosis, exams, treatment, future condition, funding and economic support. Cancer patients would like to get more attention from medical staff. Unmet needs were most frequently expressed by respondents who were men, with a lower level of education, living in village, pensioners. Qualitative analysis showed that each need may be understood in a variety of different ways across the cohort. Some patients added comments that the completing NEQ helped them to notice their non-medical needs.
Polish cancer patients have some unmet non-medical needs, especially informative needs.
癌症本身及其治疗对患者的日常生活有多种影响。本研究旨在确定波兰癌症患者的未满足非医学需求。
使用包含 23 个项目的需求评估问卷(NEQ)对来自波兰不同地区的 1062 名癌症患者进行了调查研究。进行了定量和定性分析。
定量分析表明,NEQ 项目中有 48%(11/23)的项目被至少一半的患者表示为未满足的需求。患者最常表示的是未满足的信息需求:关于诊断、检查、治疗、未来状况、资金和经济支持的信息。癌症患者希望得到医务人员更多的关注。未满足的需求主要由男性、教育程度较低、居住在村庄、领取养老金的受访者表达。定性分析表明,每个需求在整个队列中可能有多种不同的理解方式。一些患者补充说,填写 NEQ 帮助他们注意到了他们的非医学需求。
波兰癌症患者存在一些未满足的非医学需求,特别是信息需求。