Comprehensive care needs among informal cancer caregivers of patients with advanced cancer in palliative care: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Informal caregivers (ICs) frequently face stressful events and have many caregiving responsibilities. Further, they have their basic requirements and continuously face comprehensive care needs (CCN) and unmet needs (UNs) in addition to meeting the needs of patients with cancer. This study aimed to describe the CCNs among the ICs of patients with advanced cancer in palliative care at the Apeksha Hospital, Maharagama, Sri Lanka. This cross-sectional study incorporated 422 ICs using a convenient sampling technique; an interviewer-administered questionnaire collected information on socio-demographic and clinical characteristics. A 35-item validated Comprehensive Needs Assessment Tool (CNAT-ICs) was used to assess the unmet CCNs (UCCNs) of seven domains. A five-point Likert scale was used (1 = 

SUBMITTER: Weeratunga E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12660677 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature