| Title |
After initial treatment for primary breast cancer: information needs, health literacy, and the role of health care workers
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Supportive Care in Cancer, June 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00520-015-2814-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Anna Schmidt, Nicole Ernstmann, Simone Wesselmann, Holger Pfaff, Markus Wirtz, Christoph Kowalski |
| Abstract |
After a short hospital stay of just some days follows long-term outpatient care for breast cancer patients. The aim of the study is to describe the information needs of breast cancer outpatients and to get in touch with aspects of health literacy, as well as contact various health care workers. In a multicenter study, patients were asked about their information needs 10 weeks after surgery. The analysis on hand includes data about 1248 female patients. In addition to descriptive analyses identifying the most prevalent information needs, logistic regression analyses were calculated to identify factors associated with these. The results show that information needs of breast cancer outpatients are mainly in "follow-up after acute treatment", "coping with long-term side effects", and "heredity of breast cancer". In addition to sociodemographic patient characteristics, perceived helpful contacts with various health care workers as well as a satisfactory patient's level of health literacy reduced the probability of unmet information needs. Breast cancer outpatients have numerous information needs. In addition to provide information at the right time regarding a specific disease phase, it is important that health professionals' support affected breast cancer patients in coping with the new situation. |
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| Canada | 2 | 67% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
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| Scientists | 2 | 67% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
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| United States | 3 | 4% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Denmark | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 76 | 89% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 12% |
| Researcher | 10 | 12% |
| Librarian | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 28 | 33% |
| Unknown | 14 | 16% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 34% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 12% |
| Psychology | 8 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
| Unknown | 19 | 22% |
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