Does basic information concerning nutrition improve the information needs of breast cancer patients? An evaluation.

Autor: Groß SE; Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research and Rehabilitation Science (IMVR), Faculty of Human Sciences and Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Eupener Straße 129, 50933, Cologne, Germany.; LVR-Institute of Health Care Research, LVR Clinic Cologne, Wilhelm-Griesinger Str. 23, 51109, Cologne, Germany., Weidner D; Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research and Rehabilitation Science (IMVR), Faculty of Human Sciences and Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Eupener Straße 129, 50933, Cologne, Germany., Cecon N; Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research and Rehabilitation Science (IMVR), Faculty of Human Sciences and Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Eupener Straße 129, 50933, Cologne, Germany., Pfaff H; Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research and Rehabilitation Science (IMVR), Faculty of Human Sciences and Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Eupener Straße 129, 50933, Cologne, Germany., Strauch C; Department of Integrated Oncology, Center of Integrated Oncology (CIO) Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf (ABCD), University Hospital of Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127, Bonn, Germany., Scholten N; Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research and Rehabilitation Science (IMVR), Faculty of Human Sciences and Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Eupener Straße 129, 50933, Cologne, Germany. nadine.scholten@uk-koeln.de.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer [Support Care Cancer] 2020 Nov; Vol. 28 (11), pp. 5419-5427. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Mar 07.
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-020-05385-1
Abstrakt: Purpose: International and national studies have shown unmet information needs regarding nutrition in breast cancer patients. An intervention study has examined the question of the extent to which a fact sheet on the topic of nutrition is suitable to cover the need for information of breast cancer patients.
Method: The fact sheet with basic information on nutrition was distributed in 21 intervention breast care centres in 2017. The use of the fact sheets was evaluated in a quasi-experimental design as part of the annual breast cancer patients' survey of the University of Cologne. The breast cancer patients considered were being treated with primary breast carcinoma in a hospital in North Rhine-Westphalia. A multilevel analysis was carried out in order to quantify the effect of the intervention.
Results: Unmet information needs are experienced more by younger and non-native German-speaking patients. With regard to education, patients without a graduation and a high grade of education express more unmet information needs. The multilevel analysis showed that patients who were treated at an intervention site and therefore possibly received the fact sheet have a significantly higher chance of their information needs being met (OR = 1.45; p ≤ 0.05).
Conclusion: The intervention study showed that a fact sheet with basic information on nutrition is a possible instrument to satisfy the information needs of breast cancer patients and therefore reduce unmet information needs regarding nutrition. This intervention study is a pragmatic example on how to reduce unmet information needs among breast cancer patients in Germany.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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