Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Needs and Service Uptake

The investigators are attempting to verify the prevalence of cancer rehabilitation needs at our institution in breast cancer patients. The investigators also want to assess 1) self-perceived needs for cancer rehabilitation services, 2) awareness, willingness, and patient health beliefs as determinants for cancer rehabilitation-seeking behaviour, and 3) the modifiable patient factors driving the mismatch between needs and uptake in our population. Patients attending outpatient clinics in our hospital will be approached to answer a questionnaire designed to find out this information. The investigators hope that the results will ultimately inform the design of better triage and referral systems that match patients to services based on their rehabilitation needs. The investigators believe that local survivors of breast cancer have unmet rehabilitation needs and that it is possible to evaluate their readiness to seek access to rehabilitation services as well as identify mismatches between provided and desired services through the administration of a cancer rehabilitation questionnaire (CRQ).

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Female patients 2. Age 21yrs old and above 3. Histological diagnosis of breast cancer at any stage (or clinical consensus at a Tumour Board meeting, for example if the condition is metastatic and biopsy is not indicated for any reason) 4. Started treatment (surgical, medical, radiotherapeutic, or otherwise) with curative or palliative intent 5. Speak English, Mandarin, or Malay, or Tamil, and are able to understand a verbally-translated version of the questionnaire 6. Able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. Unable to answer the questionnaire for any reasons such as cognitive impairment or sensory dysfunction 2. Declined participation