Table 2. Top-ranked SCNS-34 unmet needs by reported prevalence, by sample: 1. Total sample; 2. Proportions of sample on active treatment, and; 3, who had completed treatment.
| Hong Kong 1 | Taiwanese 1 | Japanese 2* | Hong Kong 2 | Taiwanese 2 | Hong Kong 3 | Taiwanese 3 | ||||||||
| SCNS-34 item | Rank | Unmetneed N(%) | Rank | Unmetneed N(%) | Rank | Unmetneed N(%) | Rank | Unmetneed N(%) | Rank | Unmetneed N(%) | Rank | Unmetneed N(%) | Rank | Unmetneed N(%) |
| One member of hospital staff withwhom you can talk to …a | 1 | 82 (46) | 4 | 60 (23) | 16 | 48 (44) | 1 | 40 (49) | 5 | 34 (34) | 2 | 42 (44) | 4 | 26 (16) |
| Being informed about cancer whichis under control or diminishinga | 2 | 78 (43) | 12 | 39 (15) | 13 | 51 (47) | 3 | 35 (43) | 12 | 23 (23) | 1 | 42 (44) | 12 | 16 (10) |
| Being informed about things you can do to help yourself get wella | 3 | 78 (43) | 1 | 86 (33) | 6 | 65 (60) | 2 | 39 (48) | 1 | 42 (42) | 3 | 38 (40) | 1 | 44 (27) |
| Being informed about your test results as soon as feasiblea | 4 | 61 (34) | 11 | 40 (15) | 22 | 44 (40) | 6 | 27 (33) | 15 | 21 (21) | 4 | 34 (36) | 10 | 19 (12) |
| Being given written information about…your carea | 5 | 57 (32) | 15 | 34 (13) | 20 | 44 (40) | 4 | 29 (36) | 17 | 19 (19) | 5 | 28 (29) | 13 | 15 (9) |
| Being given explanations of those tests for which you would like explanationa | 6 | 54 (30) | 7 | 48 (18) | 17 | 47 (43) | 5 | 28 (35) | 7 | 28 (28) | 6 | 26 (27) | 8 | 20 (12) |
| Being adequately informed about benefits and side effects of treatments (before choosing them)a | 7 | 45 (25) | 10 | 44 (17) | 21 | 44 (40) | 7 | 26 (32) | 14 | 21 (21) | 7 | 19 (20) | 5 | 23 (14) |
| Being treated like a person, not just another casea | 8 | 37 (21) | 27 | 23 (9) | 24 | 39 (36) | 8 | 21 (26) | 30 | 9 (9) | 12 | 15 (16) | 16 | 14 (9) |
| Staff acknowledge feeling & needsd | 9 | 36 (20) | 28 | 20 (8) | 26 | 35 (32) | 9 | 18 (22) | 26 | 13 (13) | 8 | 16 (17) | 29 | 7 (4) |
| Being given information aboutmanaging illness at homea | 10 | 33 (18) | 3 | 62 (23) | 15 | 48 (44) | 10 | 18 (22) | 11 | 24 (24) | 11 | 15 (16) | 2 | 38 (23) |
| Worry results of treatment beyond controlb | 16 | 35 (9) | 2 | 64 (24) | 4 | 66 (61) | 18 | 6 (7) | 3 | 37 (37) | 20 | 7 (7) | 3 | 27 (16) |
| Uncertainty about the futureb | 17 | 32 (9) | 5 | 56 (21) | 5 | 65 (60) | 19 | 6 (7) | 2 | 39 (39) | 17 | 8 (8) | 11 | 17 (10) |
| Fears about cancer spreadingb | 18 | 28 (8) | 6 | 55 (21) | 1 | 76 (70) | 23 | 5 (6) | 4 | 34 (34) | 19 | 7 (7) | 6 | 21 (13) |
| Not able to do the things I used toc | 19 | 25 (7) | 8 | 47 (18) | 8 | 58 (53) | 17 | 6 (7) | 6 | 28 (28) | 31 | 2 (2) | 9 | 19 (12) |
| Concerns about worries of those close to youb | 24 | 22 (6) | 9 | 47 (18) | 2 | 72 (66) | 31 | 3 (4) | 8 | 26 (26) | 22 | 7 (7) | 7 | 21 (13) |
| Anxietyb | 28 | 14 (4) | 16 | 31 (12) | 3 | 67 (61) | 28 | 4 (5) | 20 | 17 (17) | 25 | 5 (5) | 14 | 14 (9) |
| Feelings about death & dyingb | 21 | 20 (6) | 14 | 37 (14) | 7 | 61 (56) | 20 | 6 (7) | 10 | 25 (25) | 21 | 7 (7) | 20 | 12 (7) |
| Feeling down or depressedb | 26 | 17 (5) | 18 | 30 (11) | 9 | 56 (51) | 21 | 5 (6) | 19 | 18 (18) | 23 | 6 (6) | 19 | 12 (7) |
| Keeping a positive outlookb | 31 | 12 (4) | 20 | 30 (11) | 10 | 55 (50) | 24 | 5 (6) | 13 | 21 (21) | 16 | 9 (9) | 26 | 9 (5) |
| Lack of energy/tirednessc | 24 | 10 (5) | 13 | 37 (14) | 14 | 48 (44) | 16 | 6 (7) | 9 | 25 (25) | 29 | 3 (3) | 17 | 12 (7) |
| Staff attend promptly to physical needsd | 11 | 30 (17) | 24 | 24 (9) | 30 | 28 (26) | 12 | 14 (17) | 23 | 15 (15) | 9 | 16 (17) | 27 | 9 (5) |
| Access to professional counsellingd | 13 | 29 (16) | 26 | 23 (9) | 18 | 47 (43) | 14 | 12 (15) | 24 | 15 (15) | 10 | 16 (17) | 28 | 8 (5) |
*
All patients on active treatment.
a
Health information & systems domain;
b
Psychological domain.
c
Physical & daily living domain.
d
Patient care & support domain.