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dc.contributor.authorMekuria, Abebe Basazn
dc.contributor.authorErku, Daniel Asfaw
dc.contributor.authorBelachew, Sewunet Admasu
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-11T05:04:05Z
dc.date.available2021-01-11T05:04:05Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn1177-889X
dc.identifier.doi10.2147/PPA.S116463
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/400880
dc.description.abstractPURPOSE: This study aimed at identifying the information needs of cancer patients, their preferences for the means of receiving health information, and the perceived level of satisfaction of existing possibilities for acquiring cancer-related information in Ethiopia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An institutional-based cross-sectional survey was employed on 556 cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in the oncology wards of Gondar University Referral Hospital and Tikur Anbesa Specialized Hospital. Data were collected through interviewer-administered questionnaire. RESULTS: The principal information regarded as the most important by the majority of them (67.26%) concerned information on the specific type of cancer (name and stage of cancer), followed by the side effects of chemotherapy and their management (63.29%) and "prognosis (survival)" (51.8%). Doctors were the overwhelming information source about cancer (88.8%), followed by nurses (34%). The majority of respondents (70.3%) were not satisfied at all or satisfied a little, while 15.6% of respondents reported that they were "quite" or "very" satisfied with the existing possibilities for acquiring information regarding cancer. CONCLUSION: Medical practitioners other than doctors and nurses such as clinical pharmacists should support and identify measures that can enhance patients' satisfaction level regarding the existing possibilities for acquiring information regarding cancer. Periodic assessment of cancer patient's information requirements is also crucial, considering the ever-changing dynamics of priorities of such information desires.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherDove Medical Press
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1991
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1997
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPatient Preference and Adherence
dc.relation.ispartofvolume10
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsMedicine, General & Internal
dc.subject.keywordsGeneral & Internal Medicine
dc.subject.keywordsinformation seeking
dc.titlePreferred information sources and needs of cancer patients on disease symptoms and management: a cross-sectional study
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMekuria, AB; Erku, DA; Belachew, SA, Preferred information sources and needs of cancer patients on disease symptoms and management: a cross-sectional study, Patient Preference and Adherence, 2016, 10, pp. 1991-1997
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
dc.date.updated2021-01-11T05:02:05Z
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gro.rights.copyright© 2016 Mekuria et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/).
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gro.griffith.authorErku, Daniel


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