Greatest Challenges of Rectal Cancer Survivors: Results of a Population-Based Survey.
Greatest Challenges of Rectal Cancer Survivors: Results of a Population-Based Survey.
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DOI:
10.1097/dcr.0000000000000695
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发表时间:
2016-11
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
Krouse RS
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作者:
McMullen CK;Bulkley JE;Altschuler A;Wendel CS;Grant M;Hornbrook MC;Sun V;Krouse RS
Eliciting cancer survivors’ priorities is essential to address the specific needs of cancer survivor subgroups. To describe long-term rectal cancer survivors’ greatest challenges related to treatment. Observational study with cross-sectional survey. Members of Kaiser Permanente, Northern California and Northwest health plans. A survey was mailed to long-term (≥5 years post diagnosis) rectal cancer survivors who had an anastomosis, temporary ostomy, or permanent ostomy. An open-ended question about the greatest challenge related to cancer surgery. We categorized responses using a grounded theory approach with double coding for reliability. Bonferroni-adjusted X2 values were used to assess differences in the proportions of subgroups who mentioned challenges within each response category. The survey completion rate was 61% (577/953); 76% (440/577) of participants responded to the greatest challenge question. Respondents’ greatest challenges were bowel/ostomy management (reported by 44%), negative psychosocial effects (37%), late effects of treatment (21%), comorbidities and aging (13%), postoperative recovery (5%), and negative health care experiences (5%). Survivors with temporary ostomy or anastomosis were more likely than survivors with permanent ostomy to report late effects (p<0.0001 and p=0.01, respectively). Survivors with anastomosis were less likely than survivors with permanent ostomy to report negative psychosocial impacts (p=0.0001). Our results reveal the need for bowel/ostomy management, psychosocial services and surveillance for late effects in survivorship and supportive care services for all rectal cancer survivors, regardless of ostomy status. The perspective of long-term survivors with anastomosis reveals challenges that may not be anticipated during treatment decision-making. Generalizability is restricted by the lack of ethnically and racially diverse, uninsured (non-Medicare-eligible population), and non-English-speaking participants. Because the survey was cross-sectional and included respondents at different times since diagnosis, we could not adequately address changes in the greatest challenges over time.