Unmet supportive care needs and its relation to quality of life among adult acute leukaemia patients in China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with acute leukaemia (AL) usually require prolonged periods of hospitalisation. The treatment and clinical symptoms may lead to patients' supportive care needs (SCNs) not being met and impairs their quality of life (QoL). Studies on QoL and SCNs among AL patients are limited. This study aimed to identify the unmet SCNs and its relation to QoL of adult AL patients in China.

Methods

This multicentre cross-sectional study recruited 346 participants to complete a self-developed questionnaire, detailing demographic information and disease-related variables. A 34-item Supportive Care Needs Survey (SCNS-SF34) was used to identify unmet SCNs, and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Leukaemia (FACT-Leu) questionnaire measured patients' QoL.

Results

SUBMITTER: Jie Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7310469 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature