Disparities in Supportive Care Needs Over Time Between Racial and Ethnic Minority and Non-Minority Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Little is known about inequities in supportive care needs among diverse patients with advanced lung cancer.

Objectives

We aimed to examine differences in supportive care needs between racial/ethnic minority and non-minority patients with lung cancer and identify how these needs change over time.

Methods

We performed a prospective cohort study of patients newly diagnosed with advanced lung cancer (stage III and IV). Patients completed a validated survey at baseline, 4-, 8- and 12-months post-diagnosis, assessing supportive care needs: medical communication/information, psychological/emotional support, daily living, financial concerns, physical symptoms, and spiritual and social needs. Univariable and multivariable regression analyses compared differences in sup

SUBMITTER: Mazor MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9336182 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature