Demographics | Psychosocial | Illness | Health care context | ||||||||||||||
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Studies | Older | Women | High Education | Employed | Not the spouse/not living with patient | Low social support/relation-ship satisfaction | Other caring responsibilities or burden | Caregiver distress, anxiety or depression | Patient distress, anxiety or depression | QOL | Patients' unmet needs | Tumour type | Time since diagnosis or treatment | Stage of disease | Treatment | Care setting | Insurance |
Buck & McMillan (35) | ↑ | ↑ | |||||||||||||||
Buscemi et al. (46) | ↑ | ↑ | |||||||||||||||
Chambers et al. (45) | ↓ | ↔ | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ | ↑ | ↔ | ||||||||||
Eriksson & Lauri (38) | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | ||||||||||||||
Eriksson et al. (36) | patient ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | |||||||||||||
Fridriksdottir et al. (47) | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ | ↑ | Palliative care ↓ | |||||||||||
Fridriksdottir et al. (41) | ↓ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | ↔ | |||||||||
Girgis et al. (17) | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | Physical ↓ | ↑↔** | ||||||||||||
Hodgkinson et al. (22) | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | Mental ↓ Physical ↔ | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ | ||||||
Hodgkinson et al. (28) | ↓ | ↑ | Physical ↔ Mental ↓ | ↔ | |||||||||||||
Hwang et al. (32) | Perception ↑ | Satisfaction with care ↓ | |||||||||||||||
Iconomou et al. (37) | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ | ||||||||||
Janda et al. (14) | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ | |||||||||||||
Kilpatrick et al. (43) | ↔ | ↓ | ↓ | ↔ | ↔ | ||||||||||||
Kim et al. (23) | ↑↓** | ↑↔** | ↑↔** | ↔ | Physical** ↔↓ Mental** ↔↓ | ||||||||||||
Mason (40)_ENREF_44 | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ | ||||||||||||||
Mason (33) | ↔ | ↔ | ↑ | ||||||||||||||
Molassiotis et al. (31) | ↔ | ↑ | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ | ||||||||||||
Nikoletti et al. (34) | ↑ | Nurse/medical staff source of information ↓ | Private ↑ | ||||||||||||||
Park et al. (21) | Hospice care ↓ | ||||||||||||||||
Ross et al. (29) | ↔ | ||||||||||||||||
Salminen et al. (44) | ↔ | ↑ | ↔ | Rehab course | |||||||||||||
Soothill et al. (19) | ↔ | ↔ | ↔ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | Caregiver health ↓ | ↔ | Palliative ↑ | ||||||||
Stafford et al. (30) | ↔ | ↔ | ↑ | ↔ | ↔ |
* = correlation findings reported;
↵** relationship variable across time and/or domains of unmet needs; ↔, no significant relationship; ↑, positive significant relationship; ↓, negative significant relationship; empty cell, variable not tested