What elderly cancer patients want to know? Differences among elderly and young patients

Annalisa Giacalone; Michela Blandino; Renato Talamini; Roberto Bortolus; Simon Spazzapan; Mariagrazia Valentini; Umberto Tirelli

doi:10.1002/pon.1065

What elderly cancer patients want to know? Differences among elderly and young patients

Annalisa Giacalone, Michela Blandino, Renato Talamini, Roberto Bortolus, Simon Spazzapan, Mariagrazia Valentini, Umberto Tirelli

Centro di Riferimento Oncologico

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Abstract

The aims of our study were: (1) to evaluate the information needs of Italian elderly cancer patients (age ≥65 years), (2) to compare them with those of young patients (age 18-40 years). Between June 2004 and February 2005 we asked 122 elderly (mean age 72 years) and 52 young (mean age 33 years) cancer patients naive for treatment to fill in two self-administered questionnaires exploring their needs for information and their psychological distress. The needs for information of elderly patients differed significantly from those of the young patients (p

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	365-370
Number of pages	6
Journal	Psycho-Oncology
Volume	16
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.1065
Publication status	Published - Apr 2007

Keywords

Cancer
Distress
Elderly
Information need
Oncology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oncology
Psychology(all)
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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