title: Barriers to cancer care, perceived social support, and patient navigation services for Korean breast cancer patients.
abstract: The present study aimed to examine the relationships among barriers to cancer care, perceived social support, and patient navigation services (PNS) for Korean breast cancer patients. For Korean breast cancer patients, PNS are comprised of five services, including emotional, financial, information, transportation, and disease management. The study findings demonstrated that transportation and disease management barriers were directly associated with PNS, whereas emotional and financial barriers were indirectly associated with PNS through perceived social support. The current study provides a preliminary Korean patient navigation model to identify how barriers to cancer care can be reduced through social support and PNS.
authors.affiliation: a College of Social Welfare , Kangnam University , Yongin-si , Gyeonggi-do , Korea.
authors.forename: Jung-Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D062526:Patient Navigation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D010465:Perception; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Korean breast cancer patients; barriers to cancer care; patient navigation services; perceived social support