Unmet Needs for Psychosocial Care in Hematologic Malignancies and Hematopoietic Cell Transplant.
Individuals diagnosed with hematologic malignancies experience significant unmet psychological, physical, informational, financial, and spiritual needs. The goal of the current review is to summarize and highlight recent research focused on these issues in the diagnosis and treatment periods and beyond. The review also describes the needs of adolescent and young adult (AYA) and pediatric patients. While a large body of research has reported on unmet needs among adult hematologic cancer patients, there is far less data regarding the challenges confronted by AYA and pediatric populations. Available data suggests that among all age groups, hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is a risk factor for greater unmet needs. Recommendations for screening and evidence-based interventions to prevent or ameliorate unmet needs are provided. Future research is needed to develop additional evidence-based psychosocial interventions with a focus on hematologic cancer.
Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.|IIB Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
Anna
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Barata
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
William A
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Wood
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Sung Won
SW
Choi
Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 Magnolia Drive MRC-PSY, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA. heather.jim@moffitt.org.
Heather S L
HS
Jim
D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011788:Quality of Life
D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Adolescent; Child; Health services needs and demand; Hematologic neoplasms; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Quality of life