Up to 39% of cancer patient believed they did not receive the physical rehabilitation they needed, and 10% to 24% believed they did not receive other rehabilitation services they required. These are the findings of a group of Danish researchers who used the Oncology Nursing Society definition of “a process by which individuals within their environments are assisted to achieve optimal functioning within limits imposed by cancer,” to survey 2202 cancer patients regarding their perception of the rehabilitation they received. Their findings further revealed that age predicted rehabilitation offers, leading the researchers to conclude that patients’ needs should be assessed and services offered corresponding to those needs identified.
The complete findings are published online in the May 21 edition of Supportive Care in Oncology (http://www.springerlink.com/content/4062l1402291hu43/).
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