The level of satisfaction in cancer patients with completed treatments: A 7-year screening
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Tarih
2009
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Imprimatur Publications
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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
Purpose: Cancer patients encounter many problems in the post-diagnosis period and they want to establish a good contact with the treatment team in order to get better information about their condition. This study attempted to investigate in patients with completed treatment the level of satisfaction they derived from the treatment and the treatment team. Methods: The archive of medical records of the Medical Oncology Department comprising 4622 patients was randomly screened between the years 2000 and 2006. Charts of 528 patients were reached via phone and analysed for clinical data. Results: Approximately 78.8% of the patients had been informed about their malignant diseases. The rates of satisfaction from the treatment team, the treatment itself and communication with the physician was higher among informed patients compared to uniformed ones (p<0.05). Of all the evaluated patients, 38.5% had been recommended to practise general exercises. Conclusion: The great majority of our patients were informed about their diseases and treatments, although without being given adequate importance, and the satisfaction rates were higher among informed patients. We believe that our study will provide new approaches in relation to the importance and method of communicating with and informing patients.
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cancer patients, patient education, satisfaction
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Journal of Buon
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Scopus Q Değeri
Q3
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14
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4
