ArticleBMC cancer2018
Cancer patients' knowledge about their disease and treatment before, during and after treatment: a prospective, longitudinal study.
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Cancer Patients' Knowledge and Satisfaction After Group-based or Individual Information About Their Disease and Treatment Plan
Developing and Testing an Interactive Decision Aid for Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer Patients
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Abstract
backgroundKnowledge about disease and treatment is necessary before patients can consent to treatment. One of the few established instruments for evaluating whether sufficient information has been provided, is the EORTC QLQ-INFO25 questionnaire which was developed to measure how patients perceive information. The aim of this study was to investigate whether cancer patients' level of knowledge about their disease and treatment was associated with their perception of and satisfaction with the information.
methodsBreast cancer patients referred for adjuvant chemotherapy and prostate cancer patients referred for curative radiotherapy were included. Level of knowledge about their disease and treatment was measured using study-specific questionnaires. Patients' perception of and satisfaction with the received information was assessed using EORTC QLQ-INFO25. Assessments were done before the first consultation with an oncologist (T1), after the consultation (T2) and 8 weeks after start of treatment (T3).
resultsNinety eight patients were enrolled. Patients with higher education, daily Internet access and in paid employment had the highest baseline knowledge scores. The mean knowledge score increased significantly (T1: 16.4; T2: 20.8; T3: 21.3; p < 0.001.). During the same period, the patients reported on the INFO25 a significant, positive increase in how much information they had received, and that they were more satisfied with the information.
conclusionsPatients' knowledge increased significantly during the study period, and they reported that they felt better informed and were more satisfied with the information, suggesting that EORTC QLQ-INFO25 might be used to evaluate cancer patients' level of knowledge about their disease and treatment.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01699672 . Date of registration: September 21, 2012.
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