Unmet care needs, care provision and patient satisfaction in patients with a late life depression: a cross-sectional study

Abstract

Even though patients might receive care for certain needs, this does not mean that their needs are met. A substantial proportion of patients with LDD feel that they need additional help for unmet needs.

Association of mental health outcomes and lower patient satisfaction among adults with alopecia: A cross-sectional population-based study

“…These results are consistent with previous studies that found that comorbid depression and anxiety are associated with lower patient satisfaction in elderly adults. 16 , 17 , 18 There are multiple explanations for this association. Psychological state may influence how patients perceive clinician communication, regardless of the quality of clinical care.…”

Factors Underlying Unmet Medical Needs: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…The prevalence of unmet medical needs has been found to be higher among those with worse mobility or with chronic pain due to the resultant difficulties with mobility [43]. Past studies have also found unmet medical needs to be associated with worse self-rated health status [44] and depression [45,46] because of the costs related to depression [47,48].…”

An Introduction to Needs Assessment and Use of the Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly

“…53 Care for people with depression is mainly provided in the psychological domain, and satisfaction is lowest for social care needs. 54 Patients with depression were also observed to score more unmet needs than staff and carers, which may be due to staff and carers' lack of awareness about patient's unmet need. 55 The needs of older people diagnosed with severe mental illness (major depressive illness, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder) using adult and old age mental health services were assessed in the United Kingdom, 56 Netherlands, 57,58 Australia 59 and the United States.…”