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 |
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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 |
Factors were ranked in descending order according to the limiting status.
Limiting status were the extent of factors impeding from quite a lot to a great deal.
The total numbers do not equal 181 because of missing data.