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Abstract
Aims: To examine the information needs of breast cancer patients during the initial phase of treatment and to analyse the factors that influenced these needs.
Background: Providing comprehensive and timely information during early breast cancer treatment is crucial for informed decision-making and effective coping. Healthcare providers must address these needs to enhance patient support and improve outcomes.
Design: A cross-sectional study was reported following the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines.
Methods: A total of 123 post-mastectomy patients were selected through purposive sampling and completed the Thai version of the Sri Lankan Information Needs Assessment Questionnaire-BC (SINAQ-BC). Direct associations between demographic data and information needs were analysed descriptively, while bivariate analysis and linear regression were used to identify significant predictors of information needs.
Results: The findings revealed that patients exhibited high overall information needs (224.7/260.0), with the greatest demand focused on physical care, treatment and diagnosis. In contrast, needs related to disease specifics and psychosocial care were less prominent. A total of 94 respondents (76.4%) expressed a particularly high demand for information regarding physical care. Education level was identified as an influencing factor, accounting for 7.7% of the variance in information needs among women with breast cancer.
Conclusions: Patients with higher education levels had significantly greater information needs. Nursing staff should provide customised information packages that are tailored to the participants' education levels. Further testing of the Thai version of the SLINQ-BC would also be warranted.
Implications for patient care: Patients are increasingly expected to manage their own care even as medical treatment grows more complex and technical. Nursing staff can contribute to the care of patients by being ready to evaluate, monitor and address breast cancer patient's individual information needs in the early stage of treatment based on factors such as educational level.
Patient or public contribution: No patient or public contribution because the nature of the study's design, data analysis and writing did not require patient or public contribution.
目的：探讨乳腺癌患者在治疗初期的信息需求，并分析影响这些需求的因素。背景：在乳腺癌早期治疗中提供全面及时的信息对于知情决策和有效应对至关重要。医疗保健提供者必须满足这些需求，以加强对患者的支持并改善结果。设计：根据加强流行病学观察性研究报告（STROBE）指南，报告了一项横断面研究。方法：采用目的抽样的方法，选取123例乳房切除术后患者，填写泰文版斯里兰卡信息需求评估问卷- bc （SINAQ-BC）。对人口统计数据和信息需求之间的直接关联进行了描述性分析，同时使用双变量分析和线性回归来确定信息需求的重要预测因子。结果：患者总体信息需求较高（224.7/260.0），其中对身体护理、治疗和诊断的需求最大。相比之下，与疾病特点和心理社会护理有关的需求不太突出。共有94名受访者（76.4%）表达了对身体护理信息的特别高需求。教育水平被确定为一个影响因素，占乳腺癌妇女信息需求差异的7.7%。结论：受教育程度越高的患者对信息的需求越高。护理人员应根据参与者的教育水平提供定制的信息包。泰国版SLINQ-BC的进一步测试也将得到保证。对患者护理的影响：即使医疗变得越来越复杂和技术，患者也越来越期望管理自己的护理。护理人员可以根据教育水平等因素，在治疗早期评估、监测和处理乳腺癌患者的个人信息需求，从而为患者的护理做出贡献。患者或公众贡献：没有患者或公众贡献，因为研究的设计、数据分析和写作的性质不需要患者或公众贡献。
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The Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN) is an international, peer reviewed, scientific journal that seeks to promote the development and exchange of knowledge that is directly relevant to all spheres of nursing practice. The primary aim is to promote a high standard of clinically related scholarship which advances and supports the practice and discipline of nursing. The Journal also aims to promote the international exchange of ideas and experience that draws from the different cultures in which practice takes place. Further, JCN seeks to enrich insight into clinical need and the implications for nursing intervention and models of service delivery. Emphasis is placed on promoting critical debate on the art and science of nursing practice.
JCN is essential reading for anyone involved in nursing practice, whether clinicians, researchers, educators, managers, policy makers, or students. The development of clinical practice and the changing patterns of inter-professional working are also central to JCN''s scope of interest. Contributions are welcomed from other health professionals on issues that have a direct impact on nursing practice.
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