Assessing unmet needs in advanced cancer patients: a systematic review of the development, content, and quality of available instruments.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Advances in treatment, including biological and precision therapies, mean that more people are living with advanced cancer. Supportive care needs likely change across the cancer journey. We systematically identified instruments available to assess unmet needs of advanced cancer patients and evaluated their development, content, and quality.

Methods

Systematic searches of MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, PubMed, and PsycINFO were performed from inception to 11 January 2021. Independent reviewers screened for eligibility. Data was abstracted on instrument characteristics, development, and content. Quality appraisal included methodological and quality assessment, GRADE, feasibility, and interpretability, following consensus-based standards for the selection of health measuremen

SUBMITTER: Rimmer B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9489568 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature