Information needs of patients with lung cancer from diagnosis until first treatment follow-up

Autor: Su-Er Guo, Fang-Ju Chou, Ling-Yu Hsieh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Lung Neoplasms
Time Factors
Patients
Health Care Providers
Psychological intervention
MEDLINE
Cancer Treatment
lcsh:Medicine
Information needs
Disease
Lung and Intrathoracic Tumors
03 medical and health sciences
Families
0302 clinical medicine
Quality of life (healthcare)
Diagnostic Medicine
medicine
Medicine and Health Sciences
Cancer Detection and Diagnosis
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Lung cancer
lcsh:Science
Generalized estimating equation
Children
Allied Health Care Professionals
Psychological and Psychosocial Issues
Multidisciplinary
Consumer Health Information
business.industry
lcsh:R
Cancer
Cancers and Neoplasms
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Health Care
Oncology
Age Groups
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Family medicine
People and Places
Female
Population Groupings
lcsh:Q
business
Follow-Up Studies
Research Article
Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 6, p e0199515 (2018)
PLoS ONE
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: The aim of this study was to analyze the information needs of lung cancer patients from diagnosis until first treatment follow-up. Sixty-nine participants with lung cancer were recruited from Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital in Midwest Taiwan. The Modified Toronto Informational Needs Questionnaire (TINQ) was used to assess information needs during visits to the outpatient oncology department. Generalized estimating equations were applied to compare changes in information needs over time and to examine correlates of information needs of lung cancer patients. The greatest concern of lung cancer patients was the cancer itself and access to recovery information. The need for information regarding food selection and social welfare resources was also high. However, the means of information needs for each domain significantly decreased over time. Demographic information (age, gender, disease stage, current treatment, education, work status, and having children) was significantly associated with information needs over time. The need for "disease-related information" remained high regardless of disease stage. Oncology nurses can use the results of this study to better address the information needs of patients in an effort to fill knowledge gaps between patients and healthcare providers. Further studies are needed to explore the use of an appropriate instrument, like that used in this study, to identify newly-diagnosed lung cancer patients' difficulties, concerns, and target interventions to improve their quality of life.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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