ABSTRACT
Background: Puerto Ricans are among the largest Hispanic groups in the US. Clinicians/researchers must become skilled in
assessing the prevalence of the perceived unmet needs of Puerto Rican cancer patients undergoing treatment to properly respond
to their needs, and is an important part of any culturally comprehensive oncological care. Objective: To assess Puerto Rican
cancer survivors reports of perceived unmet needs across 5 domains of the cancer experience: “psychological”, “health system
and information”, “physical and daily living”, “patient care and support”, and “sexuality” and to examine how the perceived
unmet needs and disease characteristics are inter-related.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from 103 patients (64.1% female, male 35.9%, mean age 54 years) undergoing
cancer treatments. The study participants were >20 years of age with breast (28%), gynecologic (21%), prostate (17%) and
gastrointestinal (14%) cancer, mostly on chemotherapy. Overall internal consistency of the Supportive Care Needs Survey was
0.882.
ABSTRACTBackground: Puerto Ricans are among the largest Hispanic groups in the US. Clinicians/researchers must become skilled inassessing the prevalence of the perceived unmet needs of Puerto Rican cancer patients undergoing treatment to properly respondto their needs, and is an important part of any culturally comprehensive oncological care. Objective: To assess Puerto Ricancancer survivors reports of perceived unmet needs across 5 domains of the cancer experience: “psychological”, “health systemand information”, “physical and daily living”, “patient care and support”, and “sexuality” and to examine how the perceivedunmet needs and disease characteristics are inter-related.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from 103 patients (64.1% female, male 35.9%, mean age 54 years) undergoingcancer treatments. The study participants were >20 years of age with breast (28%), gynecologic (21%), prostate (17%) andgastrointestinal (14%) cancer, mostly on chemotherapy. Overall internal consistency of the Supportive Care Needs Survey was0.882.
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