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To assess the prevalence and nature of unmet supportive care needs in patients with hematological malignancies during and following active treatment and identify predictive factors.

January 1, 2021Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology NursingOpen Access

Unmet Supportive Care Needs of Patients with Hematological Malignancies: A Systematic Review

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ITIoanna TsatsouUniversity of West Attica TKTheocharis KonstantinidisHellenic Open University IKIoannis KalemikerakisUniversity of West Attica

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Systematic review reveals substantial unmet informational and emotional needs in patients with hematological malignancies, highlighting the requirement for individualized supportive interventions.

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To assess the prevalence and nature of unmet supportive care needs in patients with hematological malignancies during and following active treatment and identify predictive factors.
Conducted a systematic bibliographic search in PubMed for English-language studies published between 2009 and 2020 following PRISMA guidelines.
Identified and evaluated 20 studies examining unmet supportive care domains across various hematological cancer populations.
The most frequently reported unmet supportive care domains were informational, emotional, physical, and practical/daily living (such as transportation, financial, and access difficulties), whereas sexual and spiritual needs were reported at low frequencies.
Unmet need profiles varied across subtypes: multiple myeloma patients prioritized informational, physical, and emotional domains, while leukemia and lymphoma patients reported informational, physical, psychological, and daily living needs.
Higher levels of unmet needs were qualitatively associated with younger age, female sex, marital status, lower income, concurrent anxiety and depression, and poorer quality of life.

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Tsatsou et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dadd807a67537a8ba3cb2f https://doi.org/10.4103/apjon.apjon_41_20

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Systematic review reveals substantial unmet informational and emotional needs in patients with hematological malignancies, highlighting the requirement for individualized supportive interventions.

Unmet Supportive Care Needs of Patients with Hematological Malignancies: A Systematic Review

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Unmet Supportive Care Needs of Patients with Hematological Malignancies: A Systematic Review

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