Alagraa Razzan, Abujaber Ahmad, Chandra Prem, Doughty Joanne
MSc. Student, Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
Emergency Department, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Qatar Med J. 2015 Apr 18;2015(1):4. doi: 10.5339/qmj.2015.4. eCollection 2015.
Patient perceived perceptions of psychosocial support are increasingly important to understanding appropriate holistic patient-centred care. Information is scarce regarding the attitudes of female cancer patients in Arab and Muslim populations. This study was undertaken in the State of Qatar among female cancer patients. The aim of this study was to investigate what extent women undergoing cancer treatment in the State of Qatar view the importance of psychosocial support? Another aim of this study was to determine which demographic indicators, if any, may predict for certain preferences in support. The authors hypothesized that a majority of female cancer patients will perceive psychosocial support as an important aspect. This study used English and Arabic questionnaires to glean data from female cancer patients attending clinics at the National Centre for Cancer Care and Research in Doha, Qatar. For the purpose of this study, psychosocial support was defined under four categories: 1) family support, 2) religious/spiritual support, 3) support groups 4) physician referred support. Results showed that 88% of female respondents rated psychosocial support categories as important. There was no significance between patient demographics and specific preferences for the support categories in the study. This study may provide some areas for future research that may shape guidelines for improving holistic patient care and in assisting the Supreme Health Council in meeting its targets for the Qatar National Cancer strategy, which states that cancer treatment should be patient-centred focusing on both medical and psychosocial needs of patients.
患者对心理社会支持的感知对于理解以患者为中心的全面护理越来越重要。关于阿拉伯和穆斯林人群中女性癌症患者的态度，信息匮乏。本研究在卡塔尔国的女性癌症患者中开展。本研究的目的是调查卡塔尔国接受癌症治疗的女性在多大程度上认为心理社会支持很重要？本研究的另一个目的是确定哪些人口统计学指标（如果有的话）可能预测对特定支持方式的偏好。作者假设大多数女性癌症患者会将心理社会支持视为一个重要方面。本研究使用英文和阿拉伯文问卷，从卡塔尔多哈国家癌症护理与研究中心诊所就诊的女性癌症患者中收集数据。就本研究而言，心理社会支持被定义为四类：1）家庭支持，2）宗教/精神支持，3）支持小组，4）医生转介的支持。结果显示，88%的女性受访者认为心理社会支持类别很重要。在本研究中，患者人口统计学与对支持类别的特定偏好之间没有显著差异。本研究可能为未来的研究提供一些领域，这些领域可能会形成改善全面患者护理的指南，并协助最高卫生委员会实现卡塔尔国家癌症战略的目标，该战略指出癌症治疗应以患者为中心，关注患者的医疗和心理社会需求。
