The Longitudinal Effect of a Prechemotherapy Educational Video on the Treatment-Related Anxiety of Women With Breast Cancer.

BACKGROUND

Patients recently diagnosed with breast cancer have a multitude of emotions. Although each patient goes through emotional phases differently, these feelings often manifest as anxiety or fear.

OBJECTIVES

The objective is to decrease patient anxiety using a prechemotherapy educational video for newly diagnosed patients with breast cancer.

METHODS

A quantitative comparative design, using repeated measures, was conducted with 27 patients with breast cancer who received chemotherapy treatment. An educational video was developed and provided as a part of the prechemotherapy education. Anxiety was measured using the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System instrument before and two weeks after initiation, at the end of treatment, and three months after chemotherapy administration.

FINDINGS

Anxiety decreased over time, from before chemotherapy started to three months after the chemotherapy treatment was completed.