Patients' view of their preoperative education for radical prostatectomy: does it change after surgery?
Autor: | Christian G. Huber, Boris Hadaschik, Eva Löser, Wolfgang Herzog, Andreas Ihrig, Johannes Huber, Sascha Pahernik, Beryl Konyango, Markus Hohenfellner, Gencay Hatiboglu |
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Rok vydání: | 2011 |
Předmět: |
Male
Prostatectomy medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health MEDLINE Prostatic Neoplasms Middle Aged Preoperative care Surgery Standard procedure Oncology Patient Education as Topic Preoperative Care medicine Anxiety Humans Patient-reported outcome medicine.symptom Quality of care business Decision Making Computer-Assisted Patient education |
Zdroj: | Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education. 27(2) |
ISSN: | 1543-0154 |
Popis: | When preparing the evaluation of a newly designed multimedia tool for supporting preoperative education before radical prostatectomy, we realized that the standard procedure has rarely been investigated. Therefore, we performed semi-structured interviews with 30 consecutive patients the day before and 15 days after radical prostatectomy. Patients’ opinion about their preoperative education is decidedly positive and demonstrates intense patient–physician interaction. All patients wanted to be informed about the procedure and possible risks. None reported to be dissatisfied. All but one of the patients (29/30) was able to ask every single question (6.5 mean). Except for signs of forgetting and a slightly altered retrospective assessment of anxiety, we have found no relevant changes over time. Preoperative education is very important to our patients. Therefore, good communication skills should be developed during medical education. A systematic patient-centered approach could further improve the quality of care. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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