Palliative care needs of cancer patients at Thai Nguyen Oncology center year 2021

Abstract

Objective: Describe the palliative care needs of cancer patients at Thai Nguyen Oncology Center in 2021.

Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study, combining quantitative and qualitative research. The quantitative study conducted interviews on 190 patients. The qualitative study was conducted on 03 patients and 02 medical staff at Thai Nguyen Oncology Center from 12/2020 to 6/2021. Palliative care needs of patients were assessed on 7 aspects including: need of physical, psychological, medical information, daily activities support, personal autonomy, communication and financial.

Results: The percentage of patients with the highest need for support are the subcategory of need for medical information support (86.8%), the need for fnancial support (74.2%); the need for physical support (72.1%) respectively.

Conclusion: Medical information, fnancial supports and social welfare supports are the main PC needs of cancer patients.