D'Alimonte Laura, Koo Kaitlin, Chen Emily, Feldman-Stewart Deb, Court Arlene, Fitch Margaret, Di Prospero Lisa, Maamoun John, Kiss Alex, Szumacher Ewa
Department of Radiation Therapy, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
J Cancer Educ. 2013 Sep;28(3):509-15. doi: 10.1007/s13187-013-0494-9.
The present study investigated health professionals' opinions about important questions that should be discussed with patients who may require post-prostatectomy radiotherapy. A 74-question survey was conducted among radiation oncologists, urologists, nurses, and radiation therapists involved in the care of prostate cancer patients. Survey questions covered six domains: understanding my situation and prostate cancer diagnosis, making a decision, radiotherapy: procedures involved, potential benefits, side effects, and my support network during radiation treatment. Respondents rated the importance of addressing these questions as either essential, important, no opinion, or avoid with a hypothetical post-prostatectomy case. The majority of questions were rated as either essential or important. There was disagreement between professions on essential questions, mostly between nurses and urologists in the side-effects domain. There was agreement between all professions regarding which questions should be avoided.
本研究调查了医疗保健专业人员对于与可能需要前列腺切除术后放疗的患者讨论的重要问题的看法。对参与前列腺癌患者护理的放射肿瘤学家、泌尿科医生、护士和放射治疗师进行了一项包含74个问题的调查。调查问题涵盖六个领域：了解我的病情和前列腺癌诊断、做出决定、放疗：涉及的程序、潜在益处、副作用以及放疗期间我的支持网络。受访者针对一个假设的前列腺切除术后病例，将解决这些问题的重要性评为必不可少、重要、无意见或应避免。大多数问题被评为必不可少或重要。不同专业在必不可少的问题上存在分歧，主要是在副作用领域的护士和泌尿科医生之间。在应避免哪些问题上，所有专业达成了一致。
