Table 4 Summary of the variables associated with advanced cancer patients’ unmet needs
From: Unmet care needs of advanced cancer patients and their informal caregivers: a systematic review
Study | Demographics | Physical | Disease-related | Psychosocial | Caregiver | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Older | Female | Living alone | Married | High education | High income | Physical | ADL (dependent) | Cancer sites | Stage | Treatment | Anxiety | Depression | High QOL | Distress (anxiety/ depression) | Older | Female | |
[28] | + (phy) | + (psy, com) | + (psy) | - (psy, com) | ↔ | + (info, com, psy, occup) | ↔ | ||||||||||
[29] | - (phy, psys, com) | ||||||||||||||||
[31] | -(fin, psys,) | ||||||||||||||||
[33] | ↔ | + (phy, ADL) | + (phy, psys, ADL) | +(phy, psys, ADL) | |||||||||||||
[41] | + (psy, phy, ADL, HSIPS) | -(psy, phy, ADL, HSIPS) | |||||||||||||||
[42] | -(psy) | ↔ | + (phy ADL) | + (phy, psys, ADL) | ↔ | ↔ | + (psy, ADL,phy, HSIPS) | -(HSIPS) +(psy) | |||||||||
[43] | - (phy, psy, spiri) | ||||||||||||||||
[44] | ↔ | ↔ | -(info) | +(info) | ↔ | +(info) | ↔ | ||||||||||
[46] | - (phy, psys, fin) | ↔ | ↔ | + (comm- unity) | - (fin) | +/ ↔* | |||||||||||
[58] | ↔ | - (phy, ADL) +(sex) | + (sex) | ↔ | + (phy, ADL, psy, HSIPS) | ↔ | -(HSIPS) | + (psy) | ↔ | ||||||||
[63] | -(phy) | + (phy) | -(phy, soc) | – | +/↔* | + | -(psy) | -(psy) | |||||||||
[70] | -(phy, fin,med) | +(phy,psy fin,med) | ↔ | + | +(psy,fin,med) | ||||||||||||
[75] | + (HSIPS, psy, phy, ADL) | ↔ | + (psy) | ||||||||||||||