Unmet needs category/type | Number of items | Prevalence (%): median (range, %)* |
Any unmet needs | 11 | 73.8 (19.8–91.7) |
Body function needs (data from nine studies): | ||
Any unmet body function needs | 2 | (59.7–83.7) |
Psychosocial function | 12 | |
Psychosocial (any) | 1 | 8.4 |
Emotional/mood | 7 | 39.0 (3.3–72.8) |
Anxiety/depression | 2 | (14.9–19.2) |
Personality change | 1 | 8.3 |
Sleep pattern | 1 | 8.4 |
Physical function | 30 | |
Pain | 7 | 19.4 (9.1–54.2) |
Bladder/bowel—continence | 6 | 19.3 (9.8–51.8) |
Fatigue | 4 | 47.4 (34.4–75.1) |
Sight/vision | 4 | 26.6 (6.2–64.4) |
Speech | 3 | 32.1 (27.9–58.4) |
Swallowing | 3 | 31.2 (5.4–43.7) |
Arm | 1 | 39.1 |
Hearing | 1 | 6.2 |
Seizures | 1 | 0.2 |
Cognitive function: | 10 | |
Cognition, any | 1 | 74.6 |
Memory/attention/concentration | 9 | 45.0 (22.1–78.4) |
Activity or participatory needs (data from 12 studies) | ||
Any unmet activity/participation needs | 1 | 48.4 |
Healthy lifestyle | 24 | |
Diet/nutritional | 6 | 9.3 (4.7–20.9) |
Holiday | 3 | 28.1 (12.5–37.3) |
Leisure/hobbies | 3 | 22.1 (8.3–64.4) |
Reading | 3 | 40.1 (33.9–69.3) |
Intellectual fulfilment | 2 | (17.5–33.7) |
Secondary prevention | 2 | (22.1–70.8) |
Social life | 1 | 15.6 |
Exercise | 1 | 13.4 |
Alcohol | 1 | 5.4 |
Smoking | 1 | 7.6 |
Sexual health | 1 | 3.3 |
Physical activities | 14 | |
Mobility | 7 | 20.7 (6.3–46.0) |
Daily occupation/living | 5 | 19.3 (10.8–33.6) |
Walking | 1 | 19.6 |
Writing | 1 | 48.0 |
Independence | 6 | |
Employment/paid work | 4 | 17.1 (6.9–59.6) |
Driving | 2 | (9.8–19.9) |
Speech and talk | 1 | 9.8 |
Environmental needs (data from 18 studies) | ||
Support | 20 | |
Any support (domain) | 1 | 51.9 |
Financial/benefits | 10 | 17.8 (1.9–37.6) |
Family support/role | 3 | 15.2 (11.6–28.5) |
Relationships | 3 | 7.2 (4.4–11.4) |
Social cultural care | 2 | (3.6–6.9) |
Social support | 1 | 21.4 |
Services | 61 | |
Postacute care | 1 | 49.4 |
Information | 15 | 22.9 (3.1–65.0) |
Therapy (any) | 13 | 13.6 (2.0–35.7) |
Home help | 6 | 14.0 (4.7–39.3) |
Personal care | 6 | 10.8 (5.1–17.4) |
Transport/vehicles | 4 | 16.5 (5.4–53.0) |
Day care | 2 | (2.5–3.1%) |
House moving | 2 | (7.6–10.2) |
Equipment maintenance | 2 | (3.1–6.1) |
Respite/short breaks | 2 | (9.0–13.5) |
Wheelchair | 2 | (3.7–5.1) |
Continence advisor | 1 | 2.0 |
Social work | 1 | 10.1 |
Future care arrangement | 1 | 6.1 |
Mental care | 1 | 3.7 |
Weight management | 1 | 6.2 |
Body adaptation aids | 1 | 1.2 |
Safety | 11 | |
Safety (any) | 1 | 11.8 |
Falls | 6 | 28.1 (22.1–46.0) |
Medication related | 4 | 15.2 (3.3–17.1) |
Accessibility/accommodation | 10 | |
Accessibility (any) | 2 | (11.8–18.4) |
Adaptation (any) | 8 | 9.8 (0.7–19.2) |
*Median (range) if there were three or more items (range) only if there were two studies. Unmet needs were categorised according to the method used by Krishnan et al.9