Patients and caregivers' unmet information needs in the field of patient education: results from an Italian multicenter exploratory survey
Autor: | Silvia Flora, Luigina Mei, Mauro Mazzocut, Elena Cervi, Christina A. Drace, Paola Zotti, Ivana Truccolo, Ettore Bidoli, Laura Gangeri, Mauro Apostolico, Chiara Cipolat Mis, Alice Conficconi, Simone Cocchi, Valentina Ravaioli, Paolo De Paoli |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Questionnaires
Male medicine.medical_specialty Cancer care Italy Observational cross-sectional study Patient education Patient empowerment Unmet needs Caregivers Female Humans Middle Aged Patient Education as Topic Surveys and Questionnaires Information Seeking Behavior media_common.quotation_subject Information needs Settore M-STO/08 - Archivistica Bibliografia e Biblioteconomia 03 medical and health sciences Exploratory survey 0302 clinical medicine medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Empowerment Competence (human resources) media_common Modalities business.industry Nursing research Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine Original Article business Healthcare providers |
Zdroj: | Supportive Care in Cancer |
Popis: | Patient education and empowerment (PEE) is aimed at improving competence of patients during their clinical path and enabling healthcare providers with specific communication strategies. We investigated the interest of Italian Cancer Research & Care Centers (CRCI) users (patients and caregivers) in being involved in PEE activities. An anonymous questionnaire addressed to users was distributed between June 2013 and February 2014. The questionnaire gathered information on the following: health-related topics; 13 different PEE initiatives/modalities of learning already active at CRCI; personal demographic data; the willingness to be more involved in the organization of health services provided and in which context; and five preferred info-educational activities. Frequency distribution and chi-square analysis were computed. Statistical significance (p value) was set at |
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