Information needs of female Italian breast cancer patients during their first oncological consultation

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• 作者：Claudia Goss^a ; ¹ ; Giuseppe Deledda^a ; ¹ ; Alessandro Bottacini^a ; ¹ ; ^{alessandro.bottacini@univr.it" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Federica Chiodera^a ; ¹ ; Maria Angela Mazzi^a ; ¹ ; Mario Ballarin^a ; ¹ ; Irene Bighelli^a ; ¹ ; Annamaria Molino^b ; ¹ ; Elena Fiorio^b ; ¹ ; Christa Zimmermann^a ; ¹
• 关键词：Breast cancer ; Patient participation ; Information needs ; Oncology patient
• 刊名：European Journal of Oncology Nursing
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：October 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：19
• 期：5
• 页码：451-457
• 全文大小：258 K

文摘

Questions asked by patients during consultations reflect their most immediate information needs. The aim of this study is to observe the frequency and type of questions asked by Italian breast cancer patients and to explore associated factors.

Methods

Breast cancer patients at their first meeting with the oncologist were asked to complete five questionnaires (STAI-X1, PHQ-9, GHQ-12, CPS and DSES) before the consultation and three other questionnaires (PEI, SDM-Q, SWD) after. Consultations were audio taped and subsequently analyzed for the content and number of questions to identify patients' information requests.

Results

Patients asked an average of 18 questions, mainly about illness management: patients who were prescribed chemo-therapy asked more questions (t = −3.17, dof = 23.45, p < 0.01). Other factors related to a greater number of questions were younger age (r = −0.24, p = 0.05), being employed (t-test = 0.32; p = 0.04), and longer consultation length (r = 0.47, p < 0.01).

Conclusion

Italian breast cancer patients asked on average more questions than in other countries. Knowledge of the factors associated with information needs can contribute to achieve a major involvement and consequently a better quality of patient-centered care.