Investigation and analysis of the status quo of unmet need for breast cancer survivors

Abstract

Objective To understand the unmet needs of breast cancer survivors and to analyze the influencing factors of unmet need for breast cancer survivors, and to provide evidence for the development of intervention programs to reduce the unmet needs of breast cancer survivors. Methods A total of 360 breast cancer survivors were surveyed using the Breast Cancer Survivors Unmet Needs Scale to observe the overall score of unmet need for breast cancer survivors, breast cancer survivor scores in different situations, and breast cancer survivors. Factors that were not met by the demand. Results The overall score of unmet need for breast cancer survivors was (291.18±8.48). The highest score of symptom burden was (125.12±1.57) and the score was 89.37%. There were significant differences in the scores of breast cancer survivors of different ages, marital status, medical insurance forms, affected side, surgical methods, education, occupation, family income, and disease stage(t/F value was 8.633-294.629, P<0.01). The unaffected factors of breast cancer survivors were education, age, family income, and occupation. The degree of the dependent variable was 36.4%. Conclusions Breast cancer survivors have a high level of unmet need, and are affected by education, age, family income, and occupation. Key words: Breast neoplasms; Survivors; Unmet needs; Questionnaire