Embracing My Stoma: Psychosocial Adjustment of Indonesian Colorectal Cancer Survivors Living With a Stoma.

Background: After surgical treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC), most survivors need to have an ostomy, which can lead to restrictions in their psychological and social functioning. How Indonesian CRC survivors adjust to living well with the stoma remains an understudied area.

Objective: This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of Indonesian CRC survivors living with a stoma regarding their psychosocial adjustment.

Liens entre les besoins non satisfaits, la qualité de vie et les caractéristiques des survivantes de cancers gynécologiques en Indonésie.

Les survivantes de cancers gynécologiques ont des besoins complexes très souvent négligés. La présente étude indonésienne vise à établir les liens entre les besoins non satisfaits, la qualité de vie et certaines caractéristiques particulières de ces survivantes. Au total, 298 participantes ont rempli le questionnaire sur les besoins non satisfaits des survivants au cancer (Cancer Survivor Unmet Needs ou CaSUN), le questionnaire sur la qualité de vie EORTC QLQ-C30 ainsi que les questionnaires démographiques et cliniques.

The relationships of unmet needs with quality of life and characteristics of Indonesian gynecologic cancer survivors.

Gynecologic cancer survivors' complex needs are too often overlooked. This study aimed to identify the associations between unmet needs and quality of life, and selected characteristics of Indonesian gynecologic cancer survivors. This study was a cross-sectional, correlation study.