Kuruppu Daya Chandrani, Wijeyaratne Chandrika Neelakanthi, Gunawardane Nalika, Amarasinghe Indrani
Medical Library, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Maharagama, Sri Lanka.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Maharagama, Sri Lanka.
Asia Pac J Oncol Nurs. 2020 Sep 14;7(4):375-381. doi: 10.4103/apjon.apjon_23_20. eCollection 2020 Oct-Dec.
This study assessed the information needs of breast cancer (BC) patients who presented themselves to the outpatient clinics or wards of the National Cancer Institute, Maharagama, Sri Lanka.
Information needs were measured using the validated questionnaire in the vernacular (Sri Lankan Information Needs Assessment Questionnaire - BC).
All affected women indicated a strong need for information related to the disease, treatment, and psychosocial service while the need for information on procedures for diagnosis and physical care was not strong. Younger women (age ≤37) ( < 0.0001) and women with higher education ( < 0.0001) had significantly higher information needs.
The results indicated that information needs to be addressed in educational packages require that younger women and those with higher education have specific needs.
本研究评估了前往斯里兰卡马哈拉加马国家癌症研究所门诊或病房就诊的乳腺癌患者的信息需求。
使用经过验证的当地语言问卷(斯里兰卡信息需求评估问卷 - 乳腺癌)来衡量信息需求。
所有患病女性均表示强烈需要有关疾病、治疗和心理社会服务的信息,而对诊断程序和身体护理信息的需求并不强烈。年轻女性(年龄≤37岁)(<0.0001)和受过高等教育的女性(<0.0001)的信息需求显著更高。
结果表明,教育套餐中需要解决的信息需求要求年轻女性和受过高等教育的女性有特定需求。