Could Peer Support Programs Be a Good Resource for Managing the Unmet Needs of Cancer Patients?

ABSTRACT: The number of cancer patients has been rapidly increasing, and while there have been wide variations, cancer survival rates also improved globally. Despite the improved survival rates, supportive care needs of cancer patients have been unmet in various domains. The current study aimed to investigate unmet needs that had potential to be managed by peer supports according to cancer trajectories. We used the comprehensive needs assessment tool in cancer (CNAT) and a modified CNAT to evaluate the unmet needs and peer support needs of cancer patients at the tertiary hospital of South Korea. Of the 402 participants, 335 (83.3%) needed peer support. For patients who had been diagnosed with cancer for more than 5 years, the highest proportion of peer support needs to unmet supportive care was repo

SUBMITTER: Park HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6785582 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature