A comparative analysis of the health and well-being of cancer survivors to the general population.
Background: The population of people surviving cancer is continually increasing and currently cancer survivors represent approximately 3.7% of the American population and 3% of the UK population. There is limited and inconclusive empirical evidence regarding the long-term health and well-being of ca...
| Publicado en: | Supportive Care in Cancer Vol. 20; no. 10; pp. 2545 - 2553 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Oct2012
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104364660&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104364660 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09414355 O1J jtl: Supportive Care in Cancer issn: 09414355 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2012 vid: 20 iid: 10 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 104364660 NLM22262132 2011669322 10.1007/s00520-011-1372-9 NLM22262132 104364660 ppf: 2545 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: A comparative analysis of the health and well-being of cancer survivors to the general population. aug: au: Santin O Mills M Treanor C Donnelly M Santin, Olinda Mills, Moyra Treanor, Charlene Donnelly, Michael affil: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK sug: subj: Health Status Neoplasms Psychosocial Factors Personal Satisfaction Survivors Psychosocial Factors Female Health Services Needs and Demand Human Male Middle Age Northern Ireland Questionnaires Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: Background: The population of people surviving cancer is continually increasing and currently cancer survivors represent approximately 3.7% of the American population and 3% of the UK population. There is limited and inconclusive empirical evidence regarding the long-term health and well-being of cancer survivors.Methods: Two hundred eighty-nine cancer survivors and 262 matched-age and sex patients from the same group of General (primary care) Practices completed postal questionnaires measuring health and well-being, health service utilisation and satisfaction and health care needs.Main Results: Cancer survivors reported poorer health and well-being and health service utilisation than the general population. Despite this poorer health, the majority of cancer survivors reported satisfaction with services and almost two-thirds of the survivors did not report any needs.Conclusions: The majority of cancer survivors do not appear to require additional support services. There is, however, a subgroup of survivors who warrant specialist support, particularly survivors who are older, experience late effects and have had adjuvant treatments. Future research should focus on developing methods that could be used in routine clinical practice to identify 'at risk' or vulnerable patients and to provide appropriate and timely support. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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