Unmet care needs of advanced cancer patients and their informal caregivers: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This systematic review aimed to identify the unmet care needs and their associated variables in patients with advanced cancer and informal caregivers, alongside summarizing the tools used for needs assessment.

Methods

Ten electronic databases were searched systematically from inception of each database to December 2016 to determine eligible studies. Studies that considered the unmet care needs of either adult patients with advanced cancer or informal caregivers, regardless of the study design, were included. The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool was utilized for quality appraisal of the included studies. Content analysis was used to identify unmet needs, and descriptive analysis was adopted to synthesize other outcomes.

Results

Fifty studies were included, and t

SUBMITTER: Wang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6057056 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature