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Muralidharan S, Sikalgar FR, B D, Nikalje MR, Subramaniam T, Kumar M. Exploring the Unmet Needs of Cancer Caregivers in India: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Cureus 2024; 16:e62159. [PMID: 38868547 PMCID: PMC11167582 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.62159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024] Open
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Introduction Caregivers of individuals with head, neck, and face cancer play a pivotal role in providing support, yet they face distinct challenges. This study aims to explore caregiving experiences and consequences among this population. Methods A multicentric cross-sectional study involving 200 caregivers using a convenience sampling method was conducted in Pune. Caregivers involved in patient care were included in head, neck, and face cancer. The Cancer Caregiving Consequences Inventory (CaTCoN) questionnaire was utilized to assess various dimensions of caregiving. Ethical clearance was obtained from institutional review boards. Results The demographic profile revealed that 89% of caregivers were spouses/partners, primarily females (77%), aged 25-40 (81.5%), and urban dwellers (68.5%). Caregivers were predominantly married or cohabiting (100%) and had children (95%). Most had a graduate-level education (97.5%) and were employed full-time (82.5%). The mean scores from the CaTCoN questionnaire highlighted substantial caregiving responsibilities, with significant associations found in multivariate regression analysis. Spouses/partners showed stronger correlations with increased workload, personal growth challenges, financial difficulties, and the need to maintain an everyday life. Conclusion This study comprehensively explains caregiving consequences among head, neck, and face cancer cases. The predominance of spouses/partners as caregivers emphasizes the need for targeted interventions to address their unique challenges. The study highlights the demanding nature of caregiving, with potential positive outcomes.
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- Community Medicine, ZVM Unani Medical College and Hospital, Pune, IND
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- Clinical Naturopathy, National Registration Board, Ministry of Ayush, Pune, IND
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- Dentistry, Symbiosis Medical College for Women and Symbiosis University Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, IND
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- Dentistry, Symbiosis Medical College for Women and Symbiosis University Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, IND
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- Health Care, School for Skill Development and Allied Health Sciences, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be) University, Pune, IND
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Dağdelen D, Zincir H. Effects of dependent care theory-based post-surgical home care intervention on self-care, symptoms, and caregiver burden in patients with primary brain tumor and their caregivers: a randomized controlled trial. Support Care Cancer 2024; 32:296. [PMID: 38635060 PMCID: PMC11026272 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-024-08488-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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PURPOSE This study aimed to examine the effect of dependent care theory-based post-surgical home care intervention on self-care, symptoms, and caregiver burden in primary brain tumor patients and their caregivers. METHODS A parallel-group randomized controlled trial was conducted with patients who underwent surgery for a primary brain tumor between March 2019 and January 2020 in a tertiary hospital and with caregivers who cared for them at home. Eligible patients and caregivers were determined by block randomization. Outcome measures included validated measures of self-care agency (Self-Care Agency Scale), symptoms and interference by symptoms (MD Anderson Symptom Inventory Brain Tumor-Turkish Form), and caregiver burden (Caregiver Burden Scale). Two-way analysis of variance was used in repeated measurements from general linear models compared to scale scores. RESULTS Self-care agency was significantly higher in the intervention group than in the control group in the first and sixth months after surgery (p < 0.05). The severity of the patients' emotional, focal neurologic, and cognitive symptoms and interference by symptoms were significantly lower in the intervention group than in the control group (p < 0.05). Caregiver burden was significantly lower in the intervention group in the first, third, and sixth months after surgery (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION Dependent care theory-based post-surgical home care intervention increased patients' self-care and reduced symptoms and their effects. It also reduced the caregiver burden. Dependent care theory can guide the nursing practices of nurses who provide institutional and/or home care services to patients with chronic diseases and their caregivers. TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT05328739 on April 14, 2022 (retrospectively registered).
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- Derya Dağdelen
- Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Erciyes University, 38280, Kayseri, Turkey.
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- Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Erciyes University, 38280, Kayseri, Turkey
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Osowiecka K, Dolińska A, Szwiec M, Działach E, Nowakowski JJ, Rucińska M. Validation of the Standardized Needs Evaluation Questionnaire in Polish Cancer Patients. Cancers (Basel) 2024; 16:1451. [PMID: 38672533 PMCID: PMC11048258 DOI: 10.3390/cancers16081451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Cancer influences various aspects of patients' functioning. Cancer patients face not only medical problems but also organizational, socio-psychological, and spiritual problems. Their needs often seem to be unrecognized because patients do not express their concerns and clinicians do not ask appropriate questions. Unmet needs impact patients' quality of life. The aim of this study was to select, adapt, validate, and introduce a simple instrument for estimating cancer patients' unmet needs in Poland. METHODS The Needs Evaluation Questionnaire (NEQ) was chosen for validation in a Polish population. The Polish version of the NEQ was developed with a back-translation procedure, as approved by a psycho-oncologist and a public health specialist. The psychometric properties of the NEQ (content analysis, reliability, construct validity, comprehensibility, and acceptability) were measured. RESULTS This study was performed on a group of 121 cancer patients. The median time of completion for the NEQ was 10 min. The form, length, and font size of the NEQ were accepted by the respondents. Overall, the meaning of the questions was well understood, with only a few cases of discreetly heterogeneous interpretation of the content. The questionnaire showed good reliability and internal factor structure validity. CONCLUSION The NEQ is a simple, easy-to-administer instrument with good psychometric properties and seems to be useful in assessing the unexpressed needs of cancer patients.
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- Karolina Osowiecka
- 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
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- Psychology Outpatient Clinic, University Hospital in Zielona Gora, Zyty 26, 65-046 Zielona Gora, Poland;
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- Department of Surgery and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zielona Gora, Zyty 28, 65-046 Zielona Gora, Poland;
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Sciences in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Piekarska 18, 41-902 Bytom, Poland;
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- Department of Botany and Evolutionary Ecology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Plack Łódzki 3, 10-727 Olsztyn, Poland;
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- Department of Oncology, Collegium Medicum University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Wojska Polskiego 37, 10-228 Olsztyn, Poland;
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Guldager R, Nordentoft S, Poulsen I, Aadal L, Loft MI. Wants and needs for involvement reported by relatives of patients with a malignant brain tumor: a scoping review. JBI Evid Synth 2023; 21:2188-2210. [PMID: 37435678 DOI: 10.11124/jbies-22-00311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this scoping review was to identify and map the breadth of available evidence on relatives' wants and needs for involvement throughout the course of the disease in patients with a malignant brain tumor. INTRODUCTION Patients diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor often have a poor prognosis, including a rapid progression of the disease, with changing physical, cognitive, and psychosocial symptoms. The caregiver burden is described as multifaceted, and relatives often neglect their own physical, emotional, and social needs. INCLUSION CRITERIA This review included studies that defined or assessed the wants and needs for involvement of relatives of patients with a malignant brain tumor throughout the disease and treatment trajectory. The populations were relatives of patients with a malignant brain tumor in various settings. METHODS The JBI methodology for scoping reviews was followed in accordance with a previously published a priori protocol. An extensive search was conducted in the MEDLINE (PubMed), CINAHL (EBSCOhost), and Embase (Ovid). Gray literature was searched using Grey Matters and BASE. The initial search was conducted in February 2020 and updated in March 2022. This review was limited to studies published since January 2010 in English, German, or Scandinavian languages. The data were extracted using a data extraction tool (authors, year of publication, country of origin, setting, study methods, and findings related to wants and needs for involvement) created by the authors. Textual data mapping of wants and needs for involvement were synthesized narratively using a basic qualitative content analysis. The review findings are reported as a descriptive summary, with tables and figures to support the data. RESULTS The search identified 3830 studies, of which 10 were included. The studies were conducted in 6 countries and were published between 2010 and 2018. In total, 4 studies applied a qualitative study design that used semi-structured interviews, 2 studies applied a mixed methods design that used questionnaires and semi-structured interviews, 1 study applied a multi-method design, and 3 studies used a quantitative survey. Research was conducted in a variety of settings, including community palliative care, inpatient centers, outpatient, home, and post-bereavement. The findings showed that most of the relatives' needs were related to the caregiver role. The relatives were actively involved in the patients' disease and treatment trajectories. However, relatives were often required to adopt the caregiver role and a large amount of responsibility at short notice. Thus, they expressed a need for a stronger connection with health care professionals because their needs changed as rapidly as the disease progressed. Relatives also had a need related to maintaining hope, which was essential for their involvement. Relatives' wants for involvement in the patients' disease and treatment trajectories depended on a significant and timely amount of information. CONCLUSIONS The findings reveal that relatives are actively involved in the patients' disease and treatment trajectories. The relatives want and need support for their involvement, which is related directly to the accessibility and availability of health care professionals, as the demands placed on them change rapidly throughout the progression of the disease. One way to address relatives' wants and needs may be to further strengthen the relationship between the relatives and health care professionals. SUPPLEMENTAL DIGITAL CONTENT A Danish-language version of the abstract of this review is available as Supplemental Digital Content [ http://links.lww.com/SRX/A26 ]. A German-language version of the abstract of this review is available at Supplemental Digital Content [ http://links.lww.com/SRX/A35 ].
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- Rikke Guldager
- Department of Neurosurgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Research, Copenhagen University Hospital, Amager and Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
- Research Unit Nursing and Health Care, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Hammel Neurorehabilitation and Research Centre, Hammel, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Research Unit Nursing and Health Care, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Bautista JR, Zhang Y, Gwizdka J, Chang YS. Consumers' longitudinal health information needs and seeking: a scoping review. Health Promot Int 2023; 38:daad066. [PMID: 37432774 DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daad066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/13/2023] Open
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Needing and seeking health information often is a longitudinal everyday life information behavior that involves the use of technology. However, no reviews of consumers' longitudinal health information needs (HIN) and health information-seeking (HIS) behavior have been conducted. We performed a scoping review to address this gap. Specifically, we surveyed the characteristics, timeline construction and research findings of studies investigating consumers' longitudinal HIN and HIS. Initial searches were conducted in November 2019 and updated in July 2022. A total of 128 papers were identified, reviewed and analyzed using content and thematic analyses. Results showed that most papers were quantitative, conducted in the USA, related to cancer, conducted during the diagnosis and treatment phases, and followed preset time intervals. Findings concerning the development patterns of consumers' HIN degrees and HIS effort were mixed (i.e. increasing, decreasing or being consistent over time). They seemed to be shaped by factors such as health conditions, data collection methods and the length of data collection. Consumers' use of sources changes depending on health status and source accessibility; their medical terminologies seem to expand over time. HIS has a strong emotional dimension which may lead to adaptive or maladaptive information behaviors (e.g. information avoidance). Overall, the results revealed a lack of understanding of HIN and HIS from a longitudinal perspective, particularly along health condition progression and coping trajectories. There is also a lack of understanding of the role of technologies in the longitudinal HIS process.
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- John Robert Bautista
- School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
- Center for Health Communication, Moody College of Communication and Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
- Center for Health Communication, Moody College of Communication and Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
- Information eXperience (IX) Lab, School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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Donegan D, Gowan T, Gruber R, Cottingham A, Flanagan M, Erickson D, Imperiale TF. The Need for Patient-centered Education Among Patients Newly Diagnosed With a Pituitary Tumor. J Endocr Soc 2021; 5:bvab061. [PMID: 34056501 PMCID: PMC8143658 DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvab061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Objectives Brain tumors, including pituitary adenomas (PA), cause anxiety and distress, with a high unmet need for information correlating with increased anxiety. Condition-specific education may alleviate anxiety. We explored patients’ experience around the diagnosis of a PA and piloted a patient education intervention to address peridiagnostic anxiety in adults diagnosed with PA. Methods Anxiety, patient satisfaction, patient knowledge, and need for information were measured prior to, immediately after, and 1 month following the appointment in this multimethods study. A phone interview to explore patient diagnostic and intervention experiences was analyzed using qualitative methods. Results A total of 17 patients participated in the study; 15 completed the interview. The baseline need for information was high. Disease-specific anxiety decreased, and patient knowledge and satisfaction increased significantly after the initial visit. Interview analysis identified 3 main themes: (1) the importance of communication; (2) the need for information; and (3) the impact of the diagnosis on patient experience. Conclusions For patients with newly diagnosed PA, the diagnostic experience was associated with high levels of anxiety. Patients expressed a need for information. Information delivery reduced anxiety and had a positive impact on patient satisfaction. Practice Implications The study findings suggest a need for a streamlined diagnostic process with readily accessible information.
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- Diane Donegan
- Division of Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.,Mayo Clinic, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Center for Health Services Research, Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Center for Health Services Research, Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Center for Health Services Research, Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Center for Health Services Research, Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Mayo Clinic, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Center for Health Services Research, Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.,Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.,Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Supportive care needs and service use during palliative care in family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer: a prospective longitudinal study. Support Care Cancer 2020; 29:1303-1315. [PMID: 32632761 PMCID: PMC7843549 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-020-05565-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Purpose This study aimed to investigate the supportive care needs of family caregivers (FCs) of advanced cancer patients and their support service use at the beginning of specialist inpatient palliative care (SIPC), near the patient’s death, and during bereavement. Methods FCs reported their needs using the Family Inventory of Needs (FIN), along with their utilization of psychosocial and bereavement support services at the beginning (N = 232) and 6–9 months after SIPC (N = 160). Results At the beginning of SIPC, mean of 16.9 of 20 needs were reported to be highly important, and 12.2 were reported to be met. At the time of the patient’s death, 16.8 needs were highly important, and 13.8 were met. At both time points, the highest ranked need was related to information about changes in the patient’s condition (100% vs. 99%), and the most frequently unmet need was related to feeling hope (73% vs. 71%). Multivariate linear regression analysis revealed a low education level to be consistently related to a greater number of highly important needs. Higher satisfaction with care and better social support was related to a greater number of met needs. Twenty-five percent of FCs had accessed at least one psychosocial support service prior to SIPC, and 30% had done so during bereavement. Among non-users of support services, > 75% indicated sufficient informal support as a barrier to service use. Conclusions The findings offer a useful guide for adequately addressing FCs’ needs in an effort to optimize FC support. However, only a subgroup of the FCs used support services. Better information and provision of tailored services might improve FCs’ situations in the future.
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OBJECTIVES To review the family caregivers' unmet needs in the long-term phase of survivorship to identify unique challenges faced by family caregivers. DATA SOURCES Research-based articles and published reports. CONCLUSION Family caregivers diverge into three distinct groups in the long-term survivorship phase: those remaining in care, those whose patients have survived and where care is no longer needed, and those whose patients have died. Their primary unmet needs vary by the different caregivership trajectories. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE Comprehensive understanding of family caregivers' unmet needs is required to develop family caregiver care plans in long-term survivorship.
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Oechsle K. Current Advances in Palliative & Hospice Care: Problems and Needs of Relatives and Family Caregivers During Palliative and Hospice Care-An Overview of Current Literature. Med Sci (Basel) 2019; 7:medsci7030043. [PMID: 30871105 PMCID: PMC6473856 DOI: 10.3390/medsci7030043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Revised: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Palliative and hospice care aims to improve quality of life of patients’ relatives, but still little is known about their specific problems and needs. We present a comprehensive literature update. Narrative review to present an expert overview of peer-reviewed, English-written original research publications and reviews on psychosocial and existential problems, supportive needs as well as interventions for relatives during the patients’ disease trajectory published between January 2017 and November 2018. A total of 64 publications were included. Relatives report high rates of psychological and existential distress, burden and psychological morbidity during the total disease trajectory of the patient. In addition, relatives report an alarmingly high number of unmet needs with information being the central issue. Relatives’ problems and needs are part of complex systems influenced by various socio-demographic factors and patient–relatives-interactions and dependency between different psychological phenomena. First support interventions for relatives during disease trajectory have proven feasible and secondary data from randomized studies suggest beneficial effects of providing early palliative care also for relatives. Relatives should be addressed to a still larger extent in the daily practice of palliative and hospice care, thus further research to reveal more detailed systematic information is needed to improve relatives’ psychological burden and quality of life.
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- Karin Oechsle
- Palliative Care Unit, Department of Oncology, Hematology and BMT, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
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Robinson JR, Anders SH, Novak LL, Simpson CL, Holroyd LE, Bennett KA, Jackson GP. Consumer health-related needs of pregnant women and their caregivers. JAMIA Open 2018; 1:57-66. [PMID: 30474071 PMCID: PMC6241505 DOI: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooy018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2017] [Revised: 05/02/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Objectives To build effective applications, technology designers must understand consumer health needs. Pregnancy is a common health condition, and expectant families have unanswered questions. This study examined consumer health-related needs in pregnant women and caregivers and determined the types of needs that were not met. Materials and Methods We enrolled pregnant women <36 weeks’ gestational age and caregivers from advanced maternal–fetal and group prenatal care settings. Participant characteristics were collected through surveys, and health-related needs were elicited in semi-structured interviews. Researchers categorized needs by semantic type and whether they were met (ie, met, partially met, or unmet). Inter-rater reliability was measured by Cohen’s kappa. Results Seventy-one pregnant women and 29 caregivers participated and reported 1054 needs, 28% unmet, and 49% partially met. Need types were 66.2% informational, 15.9% logistical, 8.9% social, 8.6% medical, and 0.3% other. Inter-rater reliability was near perfect (κ=0.95, P < 0.001). Discussion Common topics of unmet needs were prognosis, life management, and need for emotional support. For pregnant women, these unmet needs focused around being healthy, childbirth, infant care, and being a good mother; caregivers’ needs involved caring for the mother, the natural course of pregnancy, and life after pregnancy. Conclusion Pregnant women and caregivers have a rich set of health-related needs with many not fully met. Caregivers’ needs differed from those of pregnant women and may not be adequately addressed by resources designed for mothers. Many unmet needs involved stress and life management. Knowledge about consumer health needs can inform the design of better technologies for pregnancy.
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- Jamie R Robinson
- Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21st Ave S, CCC-4312 MCN, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2730, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2525 West End, Suite 14107, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, USA
- Corresponding Author: Jamie R. Robinson, MD, MS, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21st Ave S, CCC-4312 MCN, Nashville, TN 37232-2730, USA ()
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2525 West End, Suite 14107, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1211 Medical Center Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2525 West End, Suite 14107, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2525 West End, Suite 14107, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, USA
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- School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 2215 Garland Avenue, Light Hall, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1211 Medical Center Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21st Ave S, CCC-4312 MCN, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2730, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2525 West End, Suite 14107, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, 1211 Medical Center Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Psychiatric co-morbidity, distress, and use of psycho-social services in adult glioma patients-a prospective study. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2018; 160:1187-1194. [PMID: 29594548 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-018-3527-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Distress impacts the daily life of glioma patients. This study explored its course over time and the usage of psychosocial care. METHODS A consecutive sample of glioma patients completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale to assess distress levels at admission to the hospital (t1), before discharge (t2), after 3 months (t3), and after 6 months (t4). They were interviewed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV to ascertain psychiatric disorders at t2. Psycho-oncological care in the hospital was determined with the Hospital Information System, and the use of outpatient treatment was evaluated with the Health Care Usage Questionnaire at t4. We compared the percentages of elevated distress, psychiatric co-morbidity, and care usage between men and women. RESULTS During the study period, 37 patients were enrolled. Nineteen percent of the patients were diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder. The percentages of patients with elevated distress were 56, 59, 39, and 40% at t1, t2, t3, and t4, respectively. Participants who did not survive the 6 months presented with higher levels of distress. In the hospital, 14% of those with elevated distress were visited by a psycho-oncologist. In the outpatient setting, 43% of those with elevated distress visited a neuro-psychiatrist, and 14% went to a psychotherapist. There was no evidence for an effect of gender on psychiatric co-morbidity, distress, or care use. CONCLUSIONS A significant proportion of glioma patients report elevated distress during the hospital stay and thereafter. Only a fraction of them receive mental health care.
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