Psychosocial needs of low-income people with cancer in Korea
- Authors
- Yi, Myungsun; Park, Keeho; Park, Eun Young
- Issue Date
- Dec-2014
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCI LTD
- Keywords
- Needs assessment; Psychosocial distress; Health services needs and demand; Neoplasms; Poverty; Nursing
- Citation
- EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY NURSING, v.18, no.6, pp.549 - 556
- Journal Title
- EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY NURSING
- Volume
- 18
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 549
- End Page
- 556
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/12051
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ejon.2014.07.005
- ISSN
- 1462-3889
- Abstract
- Purpose: The purpose of the study was to investigate significant psychosocial needs of low-income people with cancer in Korea and the extent to which these needs are unmet and which factors influence them. Methods: A descriptive study with a cross-sectional design was used. The data were collected by questionnaires from a convenience sample of 238 low-income people with cancer during 2009. A psychosocial needs inventory consisting of 7 categories with 48 items was used to identify significant psychosocial needs and unmet needs. Unmet psychosocial needs were defined to the needs that the participants reported as both important and unsatisfied. Influencing factors defined with multivariate regression analysis. Results: "Health professionals" was the most important needs category, followed by "information. Among the 48 items, 37 were identified to be important or very important by more than 50% of the participants. All 37 important psychosocial needs were also identified to be unmet needs. "Emotional and spiritual" was the most unmet psychosocial needs category, followed by "practical matters" and "identity" categories. The most unmet need item was 'help with financial matters' (50.0%). The strongest influencing factor was 'no one to talk with'. Conclusion: Low-income people with cancer experience high levels of unmet needs across a wide range of psychosocial needs. They need to be supported not only for practical matters but also for emotional and spiritual areas. The results provide a first step towards a development of interventions tailored to meet psychosocial needs and expectations of low-income people with cancer. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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