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Information Needs and Sources of Information among Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy

الحاجات المعرفية ومصادر المعلومات لمريضات سرطان الثدي الخاضعات للمعالجة الكيماوية

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 Publication date 2014
and research's language is العربية
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Background: A cancer patient demands information, not only to assist him to understand the disease and its treatment, but also to allow him to interpret the negative events and action taken, through the course of disease, so that the threat inherent from the diagnosis and treatment becomes lessened. Methods: With the goal of studying the information needs and source of information of women with breast cancer who were receiving chemotherapy, 60 patients were invited to complete a self-administered questionnaire which consists of 47 item about information needs and 3 questions about sources of information with three choices (personnel, printed materials and mass media). They fill it at the early stage of their chemotherapy treatment. Results :The results showed that the majority of patients reported high level of information needs. Cancer and its spread, treatment, and side effects of chemotherapy as well as its management were priority information needs, in addition to the possibility of cancer occurrence among sisters and daughters. Results also demonstrated that the patients depended on doctors and other patients as sources of information more than on nurses and the internet. Conclusion: Findings indicate that there is a need for the provision of education program that addresses patients' information needs. Moreover, there is a necessity for ascertaining the role of educational nursing in affording holistic nursing care for breast cancer patien


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تتناول هذه الدراسة الحاجات المعرفية ومصادر المعلومات لمريضات سرطان الثدي الخاضعات للمعالجة الكيماوية. أجريت الدراسة على 60 مريضة في مستشفى تشرين الجامعي، حيث تم استخدام استبيان مكون من 47 سؤالاً لتحديد الحاجات المعرفية و3 أسئلة حول مصادر المعلومات. أظهرت النتائج أن معظم المريضات لديهن حاجات معرفية عالية، خاصة فيما يتعلق بتطور المرض، المعالجة، والتأثيرات الجانبية للمعالجة الكيماوية. كانت المصادر الرئيسية للمعلومات هي الأطباء والمريضات الأخريات والتلفاز، بينما كان الاعتماد على الممرضين والإنترنت أقل بكثير. توصي الدراسة بضرورة تطوير برامج تثقيفية تلبي هذه الحاجات المعرفية وتفعيل دور الممرضين في تقديم المعلومات.
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دراسة نقدية: تعتبر هذه الدراسة مهمة في تسليط الضوء على الحاجات المعرفية لمريضات سرطان الثدي، إلا أنها تقتصر على عينة صغيرة من مستشفى واحد، مما قد يؤثر على تعميم النتائج. كما أن الدراسة لم تأخذ في الاعتبار التغيرات في الحاجات المعرفية مع مرور الوقت أو مع أنواع المعالجة الأخرى مثل المعالجة الشعاعية والهرمونية. يوصى بإجراء دراسات مستقبلية تشمل عينات أكبر ومتنوعة ومراحل علاجية مختلفة للحصول على نتائج أكثر شمولية.
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  1. ما هي الحاجات المعرفية الأكثر أهمية لمريضات سرطان الثدي خلال المعالجة الكيماوية؟

    الحاجات المعرفية الأكثر أهمية تشمل تطور المرض، احتمالية انتشار السرطان، فرص الشفاء، والتأثيرات الجانبية للمعالجة الكيماوية وكيفية تدبيرها.

  2. ما هي المصادر الرئيسية للمعلومات التي تعتمد عليها مريضات سرطان الثدي؟

    تعتمد المريضات بشكل رئيسي على الأطباء، المريضات الأخريات، والتلفاز كمصادر للمعلومات.

  3. ما هي التوصيات التي قدمتها الدراسة لتلبية الحاجات المعرفية للمريضات؟

    توصي الدراسة بضرورة تطوير برامج تثقيفية تلبي حاجات المريضات المعرفية وتفعيل دور الممرضين في تقديم المعلومات.

  4. ما هي المحددات الرئيسية للدراسة؟

    من المحددات الرئيسية للدراسة اختيار مستشفى واحد وعينة صغيرة، وعدم تناول التغيرات في الحاجات المعرفية مع مرور الوقت أو مع أنواع المعالجة الأخرى.


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