Association between information provision and supportive care needs among ovarian cancer survivors: A cross‐sectional study from the PROFILES registry

Rietveld, Mark J A; Husson, Olga; Vos, M. Caroline; Poll‐Franse, Lonneke V. van de; Ottevanger, Petronella B.; Ezendam, Nicole P. M.

doi:10.1002/pon.4742

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“…Several reviews [6][7][8][9] as well as original studies [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] have described the prevalence of different supportive care needs in both breast and gynecological cancer. In previous research, the need for additional medical information on the disease has been consistently reported to be highly prevalent in both breast [6,10,16,17,29] and gynecological cancer [7,9,10,12,13,16,24,25,27]. Breast and gynecological patients also expressed a wish for education on how to improve their health by changing their health behaviors [17,29].…”

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Supportive care needs and quality of life in patients with breast and gynecological cancer attending inpatient rehabilitation. A prospective study

Faller

Hass²,

Engehausen³

et al. 2019

Acta Oncologica

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Background: Among patients with breast or gynecological cancer, supportive care needs are both highly prevalent and enduring. However, little is known about whether meeting patients' needs is accompanied by increased quality of life (QoL). We aimed to explore patients' supportive care needs reported at the beginning of inpatient rehabilitation and examined whether meeting these needs resulted in improved QoL. Material and methods: In a multicenter, prospective cohort study with 2 measurement occasions (beginning and end of inpatient rehabilitation), 292 patients with breast and gynecological cancer (mean age 55 years; 71% breast cancer) were enrolled. In 73%, time since diagnosis was longer than 6 months. We obtained self-reports of supportive care needs in 12 domains and measured QoL using the EORTC QLQ-C30 functioning subscales. Results: At the beginning of inpatient rehabilitation, top-ranking severe supportive care needs concerned coordination of care (48%), medical information (45%), alleviation of physical symptoms (42%) and support with improving health behaviors (36%). At the end of inpatient rehabilitation, all needs assessed declined significantly, although many patients still expressed strong needs in some domains. However, meeting patients' needs was accompanied by improvements in all functioning subscales. Conclusions: This is the first study to show that meeting breast and gynecological cancer patients' supportive care needs during inpatient rehabilitation resulted in improved QoL. Given the considerable proportions of patients still reporting unmet needs at the end of their stay, stronger and continuing efforts seem warranted to meet these needs and thus further increase QoL. ARTICLE HISTORY

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confidence: 99%

Supportive care needs and quality of life in patients with breast and gynecological cancer attending inpatient rehabilitation. A prospective study

Faller

Hass²,

Engehausen³

et al. 2019

Acta Oncologica

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“…12,28 This has important implications; if a higher proportion of information needs are met in a CCG during this early phase, there is also higher global satisfaction in care from the CCG, bolstering the proposition that providing information at an early stage may lead to fewer supportive needs at later stages of the cancer journey. 11 In this study, clinical nurse specialists occupied important roles for patients. Being able to understand responses to information requests made to a clinical nurse specialist was strongly related and in close proximity to the global satisfaction node in the network.…”

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“…Higher levels of need for information have previously been found in other studies to occur during the early stages of the cancer journey such as during the diagnosis of cancer . This has important implications; if a higher proportion of information needs are met in a CCG during this early phase, there is also higher global satisfaction in care from the CCG, bolstering the proposition that providing information at an early stage may lead to fewer supportive needs at later stages of the cancer journey …”

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“…Information provision can improve treatment compliance, create more realistic expectations, promote participation and self‐care, and generate feelings of safety and security . The benefits of information provision in the diagnostic and treatment phases of cancer care may reduce the need for supportive care in survivorship …”

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“…9,10 The benefits of information provision in the diagnostic and treatment phases of cancer care may reduce the need for supportive care in survivorship. 8,11 The response to information needs is also playing an increasingly important role in patients' satisfaction with care. There is evidence of the links between information provision and patient perceptions of quality of care.…”

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What information do patients want across their cancer journeys? A network analysis of cancer patients’ information needs

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BackgroundPatients want information across their cancer journeys. We investigated what sort of information they want and at what stage in the cancer journey by examining English patients’ satisfaction derived from ratings of their care.MethodsUsing patient experience data from 209 Clinical Commission Groups (CCGs) involving 72 788 respondents in 2016, overall patient satisfaction ratings and information needs questions were extracted. Novel network analysis techniques were used to construct an undirected weighted concentration network to assess the relationship between information needs and patient satisfaction.ResultsFrom the network analysis, we found that patients value information early in the pathway; there were higher associations between patient satisfaction and when information needs are met in earlier phases of the cancer journey. Across the stages of the cancer journey, strong associations between information needs and patient satisfaction emerged during diagnostic testing and also at those points when patients received information provided by the clinical nurse specialists. A mixture of strong and weak associations between patient satisfaction and information needs was found during later phases of the cancer journey, specifically when patients move from treatment to home care. Our study identified that meeting needs for information related to supportive care may be a weaker factor in patient satisfaction than meeting needs for information related to the patient's disease, its treatment and the side effects of treatment.ConclusionIf patients have their information needs met, especially during stages within the cancer journey when information needs are highest, they are more likely to be satisfied with their care. Our study has implications for information giving and improving patient satisfaction in cancer care.

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Importance of and Satisfaction with Information about Their Disease in Cancer Patients

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Association between information provision and supportive care needs among ovarian cancer survivors: A cross‐sectional study from the PROFILES registry

Cited by 18 publications

References 40 publications

Supportive care needs and quality of life in patients with breast and gynecological cancer attending inpatient rehabilitation. A prospective study

Supportive care needs and quality of life in patients with breast and gynecological cancer attending inpatient rehabilitation. A prospective study

What information do patients want across their cancer journeys? A network analysis of cancer patients’ information needs

Importance of and Satisfaction with Information about Their Disease in Cancer Patients

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