Information needs and preferences of women as they proceed through radiotherapy for breast cancer

2012 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 396-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgia K.B. Halkett ◽  
Linda J. Kristjanson ◽  
Elizabeth Lobb ◽  
Jonathon Little ◽  
Therese Shaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Information Needs

Information needs of breast cancer patients and how educational status influence their information needs in Ghana

2021 ◽  
pp. 096100062098161
Author(s):  
Benedicta Boadi ◽  
George Tesilimi Banji ◽  
Patrick Adzobu ◽  
Stephen Okyere
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Military Hospital ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients

Health information literacy plays a critical role in self-management practices among patients living with chronic health conditions. However, there are limited studies on information needs among breast cancer patients in Ghana. This paper therefore investigated the information needs of women living with breast cancer in Ghana and how educational status influenced their information needs. The study was conducted in two health facilities in Accra, Ghana (37 Military Hospital and Sweden Ghana Medical Centre). A total of 75 breast cancer patients were conveniently selected from the two health facilities for the study. The instrument used to elicit relevant data for this study was a questionnaire using the survey design. Data was analysed descriptively. The findings of the study revealed that the information needs of the breast cancer patients investigated were centred mainly around treatment and management information and less around preventive information. The patients also ranked diagnostic information as their highest need, followed by physical care information, treatment information, psychosocial information and disease-specific information in that order. Patients with higher education reported higher information need on all the five domains compared to those with lower education. The study therefore recommended that management of health facilities make health information literacy an integral component of their treatment and management of breast cancer.

Information Needs of Patients With Breast Cancer at Years One, Three, and Five After Diagnosis

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. e1269-e1275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eoin Michael Sheehy ◽  
Elaine Lehane ◽  
Edel Quinn ◽  
Vicki Livingstone ◽  
Henry Paul Redmond ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Information Needs

A Comparison of the Information Needs of Women Newly Diagnosed With Breast Cancer in Malaysia and the United Kingdom

2005 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 132???140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raja Lexshimi Raja Gopal ◽  
Kinta Beaver ◽  
Tony Barnett ◽  
Nik Safiah Nik Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Newly Diagnosed ◽  
The United Kingdom

scholarly journals Information needs and decision-making preferences of older women offered a choice between surgery and primary endocrine therapy for early breast cancer

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 2094-2100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Burton ◽  
Karen Kilner ◽  
Lynda Wyld ◽  
Kate Joanna Lifford ◽  
Frances Gordon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Endocrine Therapy ◽  
Early Breast Cancer ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Primary Endocrine Therapy

scholarly journals Unmet Information Needs and Quality of Life in Young Breast Cancer Survivors in Japan

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. E1-E11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mika Miyashita ◽  
Shinji Ohno ◽  
Akemi Kataoka ◽  
Eriko Tokunaga ◽  
Norikazu Masuda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Breast Cancer Survivors ◽  
Young Breast Cancer
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