Publications by authors named "H Faller"
Purpose: Although therapy and psychosocial care for patients with breast cancer and gynaecological cancer has improved in the last years, there are still many issues that require further investigation. Unmet supportive care needs can lead to a lower adherence to treatment and a lower quality of life. Patients' needs seem to be highest during the time of treatment.
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- * A study analyzed 1,498 hospitalized cancer patients from Germany, assessing their Physical and Mental Component Scores (PCS and MCS) over 12 months, revealing improvements, especially in gynecological cancer patients.
- * Differences in HRQoL scores were found across cancer types, with skin cancer patients faring best and lung cancer patients the worst, highlighting the importance of these outcomes for enhancing health literacy.
Purpose: Patients with cancer suffer from a wide range of psychological distress. Nevertheless, in the literature low utilization rates of psychooncological services are reported. Various factors may influence the utilization of professional support during inpatient care.
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- More than 10% of cancer patients have kids who depend on them, and researchers wanted to know if this causes more stress and problems.
- In a study, they compared 161 cancer patients with kids to 161 without kids, using questionnaires to measure their stress levels and need for support.
- Results showed that parents with cancer felt much more stress and had different problems, but they didn’t get more help than those without kids, indicating gaps in support for these families.
Objective: This study aimed to examine challenges, competencies, and supportive care needs (SCN) of women with breast or gynecological cancer during acute cancer treatment and associations to other health-related variables.
Methods: We surveyed 120 patients with breast or gynecological cancer at the end of acute cancer treatment, either directly after surgery or during adjuvant chemotherapy. We assessed challenges, subjective competencies, and SCN using a self-developed measure comprising 25 items referring to coping tasks assigned to six domains.