This bivariable analysis revealed significant variation across cancer types, with particularly low levels of unmet need reported by survivors of melanoma, 65% of whom reported no items of unmet need.
Despite the lack of psychometrically rigorous unmet needs scales available for AYAs with cancer, recent studies in the United States have indicated that the number of unmet needs reported by this population group may be high [ 18].
The most frequent unmet needs reported by caregivers were memory (32.5%), daytime activities (16.0%) and company (13.1%).
The prevalence of unmet need reported by survivors in this study is clearly lower than previously reported, despite using the same validated instrument, and classification of unmet need.
Results showed that the most common unmet needs reported by people with dementia were memory (10.2%), information (9.9%) and psychological distress (4.9%).
In our study, no association was found between level of cognitive impairment (on the MMSE) and the number of unmet needs reported by people with dementia.
All these feelings correspond to "psychological distress," which, in our study, was the commonest unmet need reported by people with dementia.
The most frequent unmet needs reported by people with dementia, caregivers and professionals were in the areas of daytime activities, company, and psychological distress; however, people with dementia rated psychological distress as the commonest unmet need.
The five unmet needs reported most at T0 and T1 were daytime activities (T0 74%; T1 57%); company (T0 72%; T1 62%); intimate relationships (T0 52%; T1 45%); psychological distress (T0 39%; T1 31%); and psychotic symptoms (T0 34%; T1 27%).
The need and the state of its fulfilment (met or unmet) were reported even if the need was identified by only one of the three participants in a triad.
