Table 6 Difference of needs between cancer patients and caregivers
Patient | Mean (SD) | Caregivers | Mean (SD) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inpatient/ SOC Setting | Inpatient Setting (n = 249) | SOC Setting (n = 350) | p-value | Inpatient/ SOC Setting | Inpatient Setting (n = 305) | SOC setting (n = 294) | p-value | ||
Information | 23.7 (23.2) | 16.6 (21.7) | < 0.001 | Health and psychological problems | 17.1 (18.4) | 10.2 (15.2) | < 0.001 | ||
Psychological problems | 22.2 (24.1) | 12.4 (18.4) | < 0.001 | Family/ Social support | 16.1 (20.0) | 9.2 (14.5) | < 0.001 | ||
Health-care staff | 16.4 (21.6) | 7.1 (14.4) | < 0.001 | Health-care staff | 30.2 (28.9) | 16.3 (21.6) | < 0.001 | ||
Physical symptoms | 19.0 (18.7) | 9.3 (13.5) | < 0.001 | Information | 35.1 (27.8) | 22.3 (24.5) | < 0.001 | ||
Hospital facilities and services | 17.7 (18.6) | 9.1 (12.9) | < 0.001 | Religious/ Spiritual support | 12.3 (22.6) | 7.0 (16.6) | 0.001 | ||
Social/ Religious/ Spiritual support | 7.4 (15.9) | 4.0 (10.3) | 0.002 | Hospital facilities and services | 25.2 (23.1) | 12.8 (17.1) | < 0.001 | ||
Practical support | 23.2 (23.9) | 11.1 (16.1) | < 0.001 | Practical support | 30.4 (25.8) | 16.1 (19.6) | < 0.001 | ||
Total score | 19.2 (16.4) | 10.5 (12.1) | < 0.001 | Total score | 26.0 (19.0) | 14.7 (14.3) | < 0.001 | ||
With/ Without Palliative Care | With PC (n = 151) | Without PC (n = 448) | p-value | With/ Without Palliative Care | With PC (n = 222) | Without PC (n = 377) | p-value | ||
Information | 21.1 (21.7) | 19.0 (22.9) | 0.327 | Health and psychological problems | 16.3 (17.2) | 12.2 (17.1) | 0.004 | ||
Psychological problems | 18.8 (21.4) | 15.6 (21.5) | 0.112 | Family/ Social support | 15.0 (19.0) | 11.4 (17.0) | 0.017 | ||
Health-care staff | 12.4 (17.5) | 10.5 (18.6) | 0.259 | Health-care staff | 29.1 (29.2) | 20.0 (24.2) | < 0.001 | ||
Physical symptoms | 16.5 (14.8) | 12.2 (17.0) | 0.006 | Information | 33.9 (27.3) | 25.9 (26.3) | < 0.001 | ||
Hospital facilities and services | 15.6 (15.9) | 11.6 (16.1) | 0.008 | Religious/ Spiritual support | 12.5 (22.8) | 8.1 (18.2) | 0.01 | ||
Social/ Religious/ Spiritual support | 5.4 (11.6) | 5.4 (13.5) | 0.981 | Hospital facilities and services | 23.5 (22.2) | 16.5 (20.4) | < 0.001 | ||
Practical support | 21.6 (22.1) | 14.3 (19.7) | < 0.001 | Practical support | 30.8 (26.2) | 19.0 (21.6) | < 0.001 | ||
Total score | 16.6 (12.9) | 13.3 (15.2) | 0.016 | Total score | 25.1 (18.6) | 17.7 (16.7) | < 0.001 | ||
KPS | KPS 0–40 (n = 100) | KPS 50–70 (n = 291) | KPS 80–100 (n = 208) | p-value | KPS | KPS 0–40 (n = 176) | KPS 50–70 (n = 275) | KPS 80–100 (n = 148) | p-value |
Information | 23.0 (20.3) | 19.6 (23.3) | 17.7 (22.5) | 0.151 | Health and psychological problems | 17.6 (17.8) | 14.2 (18.4) | 8.2 (12.4) | < 0.001 |
Psychological problems | 27.3 (24.1) | 16.0 (21.3) | 11.8 (18.4) | < 0.001 | Family/ Social support | 17.4 (20.2) | 12.9 (18.6) | 6.7 (10.2) | < 0.001 |
Health-care staff | 13.9 (18.1) | 11.4 (18.9) | 9.1 (17.5) | 0.089 | Health-care staff | 29.1 (28.7) | 23.3 (25.8) | 16.8 (23.4) | < 0.001 |
Physical symptoms | 21.5 (16.8) | 13.0 (15.5) | 9.8 (16.6) | < 0.001 | Information | 34.7 (27.0) | 28.6 (27.2) | 22.3 (25.2) | < 0.001 |
Hospital facilities and services | 17.0 (16.0) | 13.5 (16.4) | 9.4 (15.1) | < 0.001 | Religious/ Spiritual support | 12.6 (22.9) | 9.2 (19.3) | 7.2 (17.5) | 0.047 |
Social/ Religious/ Spiritual support | 6.3 (14.7) | 5.5 (12.5) | 4.9 (13.0) | 0.65 | Hospital facilities and services | 25.4 (22.9) | 18.8 (21.2) | 12.1 (16.8) | < 0.001 |
Practical support | 24.1 (22.4) | 17.6 (21.5) | 10.3 (16.3) | < 0.001 | Practical support | 33.2 (24.5) | 23.1 (24.7) | 12.3 (16.3) | < 0.001 |
Total score | 20.1 (13.9) | 14.3 (14.6) | 11.0 (14.3) | < 0.001 | Total score | 26.3 (18.2) | 20.4 (18.0) | 13.6 (13.9) | < 0.001 |