Supportive Care Meetings with Gynecooncological Cancer Patients

Gökçe İşcan, Serhan Can İşcan

Keywords: cancer, supportive care, gynecooncology

Background:

Unaddressed supportive care needs have been demonstrated to decrease the quality of life of individuals with cancer, particularly those with gynecological cancer. Supportive care is a patient-focused method of providing necessary services for individuals affected by cancer. It addresses their physical, psychological, spiritual, sexual, social, practical, and informational needs throughout the several stages of cancer, including pre-diagnosis, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship. Eighty-five percent of gynecological cancer cases worldwide are found in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The survival rate in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is below 40%, but the survival rate in high-resource countries has exceeded 70%. As understood from these instructions, LMIC must detect and improve supportive care needs.

Research questions:

1. Recognizing patient requirements, acting quickly.
2. Meetings help cancer patients and their families feel less lonely.
3. To recognize caregiver needs and respond quickly to aid.

Method:

The study will involve individuals who have been diagnosed and initiated therapy at Isparta City Hospital Gynecooncology outpatient clinic within the past 3 months-one year. These patients will be selected randomly and listed for participation. The cancer patients participating in the study will be assessed using the eortc-qlq-c30 scale, Cancer Needs Questionnaire short-form, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7). The caregivers, on the other hand, will be given the supportive care needs survey partners&caregivers, Health Literacy Scale-Short Form, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7). Subsequently, a monthly meeting will be conducted both in person and online with our established support team, comprising a gynecologist, medical oncologist, dietitian, psychiatrist, social worker, nurse, and family physician. Following a period of 6 months, the identical scales will be utilized once more. Consequently, there are plans to assess the extent to which these support services contribute to anxiety and requirements.

Results:

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Conclusions:

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Points for discussion:

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