The prevalence and correlates of supportive care needs in testicular cancer survivors: a cross‐sectional study
Abstract
Objective This cross-sectional study aimed to identify the prevalence and correlates of supportive care needs in testicular cancer (TC) survivors. Methods Men who had completed active anti-cancer treatment for TC between 6 months and 5 years previously showing no evidence of recurrence were recruited from 14 Australian cancer centers (September 2009-February 2011). Participants completed a self-report questionnaire measuring sociodemographics, disease, and treatment information, supportive care needs (CaSUN), psychological distress (DASS21) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL; SF36v2). Results Of the 486 eligible TC survivors invited to participate, 244 completed the questionnaire. Sixty-six percent reported one or more unmet supportive care needs. The mean number of unmet needs was 4.73 (SD = 7.0, Range = 0-34). The most common unmet needs related primarily to existential survivorship issues (e.g., life stress) and relationships (e.g., sex life). Younger age and presence of chronic illness other than TC were significantly associated with higher number of unmet needs. The number of unmet needs was more highly correlated with psychological distress and HRQoL than unmet need strength. Conclusions The majority of TC survivors reported one or more unmet needs. Unmet needs regarding existential survivorship issues were frequently reported by TC survivors despite their favorable prognosis. Relationships unmet needs were less prevalent but still more common than in breast and…
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Two studies concluded that online interventions may be useful for addressing unmet needs of testicular cancer survivors.
“Two additional studies evaluating the supportive care needs of TC survivors both concluded that online interventions may be useful for addressing unmet needs (Bender et al., 2012;Smith et al., 2013)”
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- Authors
- Smith, A. ‘., King, M., Butow, P., Luckett, T., Grimison, P., Toner, G. C., Stockler, M., Hovey, E., Stubbs, J., Hruby, G., Gurney, H., Turner, S., Alam, M., Cox, K., & Olver, I.
- Affiliations
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Prince of Wales Hospital (AU)
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (AU)
- Westmead Hospital (AU)
- Liverpool Hospital (AU)
- Sydney Cancer Centre Sydney Australia
- Cancer Council Australia (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Smith, Allan ‘Ben’
- ORCID
- Venue
- Psycho-Oncology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-07-03
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 2557-2564
- ISSN
- 1057-9249 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-1611
- OpenAlex
- W1546171233
- Cited by
- 83
- References
- 29
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- FWCI
- 3.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psycho-Oncology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
- UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney) (submittedVersion)
- The Sydney eScholarship Repository (The University of Sydney) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- beyondblue and Cancer Australia (507961)
- Australian Rotary Health Ian Scott Scholarship
- Australian Government through Cancer Australia
- Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG) in collaboration with the Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Testicular diseases and treatments
- Keywords
- testicular cancer survivors, supportive care needs, unmet needs, psychological distress, health-related quality of life, sexual relationships, chronic disease, age, cancer survivorship
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Australia, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Support, Socioeconomic Factors, Stress, Psychological, Testicular Neoplasms, Comorbidity, Prevalence, Survivors
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