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. 2022 Aug 1;9(11):100121. doi: 10.1016/j.apjon.2022.100121

Table 6.

Perceived factors limiting the provision of survivorship care for patients with cancer (n ​= ​181).

Factorsa Not at all
Somewhat
Quite a lot
A great deal
Limiting statusb
n %c n %c n %c n %c n %
Individual
 Lack knowledge and skills 2 1.1 15 8.3 55 30.4 104 57.5 159 87.8
 Lack time 2 1.1 28 15.5 81 44.8 67 37.0 148 81.8
 Do not see the value of survivorship care 7 3.9 29 16.0 70 38.7 74 40.9 144 79.6
 Do not know what survivorship care is 7 3.9 31 17.1 67 37.0 75 41.4 142 78.5
 Do not know where the patient is at in their disease trajectory 10 5.5 30 16.6 61 33.7 79 43.6 140 77.3
 Communication barriers between you and the patient 10 5.5 32 17.7 56 30.9 82 45.3 138 76.2
 Communication barriers between you and the family members 10 5.5 36 19.9 66 36.5 68 37.6 134 74.0
 Do not know when patients are completing their treatment 11 6.1 46 25.4 66 36.5 57 31.5 123 68.0
Organizational
 Survivorship care is not a priority for my organization 15 8.3 36 19.9 87 48.1 42 23.2 129 71.3
 No end of treatment consultation dedicated to survivorship care in my organization 9 5.0 44 24.3 78 43.1 44 24.3 122 67.4
 Lack an appropriate physical location (e.g., a quiet room) 24 13.3 60 33.1 65 35.9 31 17.1 96 53.0
Professional
 Lack of dedicated educational resources for patients 4 2.2 33 18.2 85 47.0 58 32.0 143 79.0
 Lack of dedicated educational resources for family members 4 2.2 36 19.9 83 45.9 57 31.5 140 77.3
 Lack of evidence-based practice guidelines informing survivorship care 3 1.7 47 26.0 78 43.1 51 28.2 129 71.3
 Patients' lack of interest 14 7.7 42 23.2 59 32.6 65 35.9 124 68.5
 Family members lack of interest 13 7.2 48 26.5 59 32.6 60 33.1 119 65.7
a

Factors were ranked in descending order according to the limiting status.

b

Limiting status were the extent of factors impeding from quite a lot to a great deal.

c

The total numbers do not equal 181 because of missing data.