Hagopian G A
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia.
Oncol Nurs Forum. 1991 Sep-Oct;18(7):1199-203.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects that structured patient educational information in the form of a weekly newsletter has on the knowledge, side effects, and self-care behaviors of patients with cancer who are undergoing radiation therapy. It was hypothesized that subjects reading the newsletter would know more about radiation therapy and its side effects than subjects not reading the newsletter and, therefore, would employ more self-care behaviors, resulting in less severe side effects. A post-test-only control group design was used. Although the subjects who read the newsletter scored significantly higher on the knowledge test, there were no significant differences in the helpfulness or number of self-care behaviors or in the severity of side effects. Patient education in the form of a newsletter may provide benefits to patients other than knowledge (e.g., reduced anxiety) that may be just as important as side effects relief.
本研究的目的是调查以每周时事通讯形式提供的结构化患者教育信息对正在接受放射治疗的癌症患者的知识、副作用和自我护理行为的影响。研究假设，阅读时事通讯的受试者比不阅读时事通讯的受试者更了解放射治疗及其副作用，因此会采取更多的自我护理行为，从而使副作用不那么严重。采用了仅后测对照组设计。尽管阅读时事通讯的受试者在知识测试中的得分显著更高，但在自我护理行为的帮助程度或数量或副作用的严重程度方面没有显著差异。以时事通讯形式进行的患者教育可能会给患者带来除知识之外的其他益处（例如，减轻焦虑），这些益处可能与缓解副作用同样重要。
