Knowledge of diagnosis, treatment and its side-effects in patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer

Coughlan, Melanie C

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2354.1993.tb00165.x

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“…Likewise, Brockopp (1982) studied a convenience sample of 61 adults with cancer in the middle phase of their disease and found that information was of major importance to them. However, despite this and the shift by medical and nursing staff towards sharing knowledge (Novack et al, 1979;Adams, 1991), many studies have identified large percentages of patients still having insufficient knowledge about their diagnosis and their prescribed treatment regime (McIntosh, 1976;Dodd & Mood, 1981;Gould & Toghill, 1981;Tierney et al, 1989;Coughlan, 1993). Considered alongside research evidence suggesting that cancer patients would like to know all of the information relating to their illness, good or bad (Blanchard et al, 1988), such paucity of information would appear negligent.…”

Section: N F O R M a T I O N Requirements Of Cancer Patients Receivmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The role of information in patients' adaptation to chemotherapy and radiotherapy: a review of the literature

1996

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This paper reviews the literature concerning the role of information in facilitating patients' adaptation to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The relationship between information and patient self-efficacy is examined, and the information requirements of cancer patients receiving treatment are reviewed. Finally, studies evaluating informational interventions for patients receiving either chemotherapy or radiotherapy are critiqued before recommendations for practice are formulated.

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Section: N F O R M a T I O N Requirements Of Cancer Patients Receivmentioning

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“…Historically, a diagnosis of cancer was frequently perceived as being tantamount to a death sentence (Coughlan, 1993). This perception continues today with cancer conjuring images of pain, debilitation and death.…”

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The role of information in patients' adaptation to chemotherapy and radiotherapy: a review of the literature

1996

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“…2003). However, there was evidence in this study that there are still concerns that reflect findings in earlier studies where limited information at the time of the decision‐making stage may be given to patients (Coughlan 1993).…”

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“…Recent practices demonstrate that the information needs of patients receiving chemotherapy are being met by more rigorous attention given to the process of consenting (Sainio & Eriksson 2003;Sharma et al 2003). However, there was evidence in this study that there are still concerns that reflect findings in earlier studies where limited information at the time of the decision-making stage may be given to patients (Coughlan 1993).…”

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The paradoxical image of chemotherapy: a phenomenological description of nurses' experiences of administering chemotherapy

Saltmarsh¹,

Vries²

2008

European Journal of Cancer Care

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The paradoxical image of chemotherapy: a phenomenological description of nurses' experiences of administering chemotherapyA sample of nine nurses who were employed within a haematology ward, a bone marrow transplant unit and a chemotherapy outpatient department of a single hospital Trust in the UK, and who regularly administered cytotoxic chemotherapy were recruited to participate in the study. A qualitative phenomenological design was used with a semi-structured interview format. The findings revealed a 'Paradoxical image of chemotherapy' that was related to the overall damaging effects of chemotherapy where it both serves as a curative treatment and 'another chance of life' and also causes damage (morbidity) while it cures. The nurses administering chemotherapy were found to also experience 'damage' as a result of seeing the suffering of their patients and being involved in dilemmas regarding administering chemotherapy treatments. The patient experiences are described from the nurses' perspective.

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“…These cause the patient to be lonely and withdrawn (Maguire et al 1993). Additionally, there is the historical assumption that the condition can lead to a painful death (Coughlan 1993).…”

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Psychological distress of cancer and clinical trial participation: a review of the literature

Kelly¹,

Ghazi

Caldwell³

2002

European Journal of Cancer Care

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The House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology 2000 state that currently less than 5% of adult patients with solid tumours are entered into clinical trials. They recommend that increasing the number of adult cancer patients entering clinical trials must become a high priority. Health-care providers need to prepare themselves for this proposed increase in trial participants by assessing the current status of care and implementing changes within the current infrastructure to provide optimal holistic care. Cancer can change a patient's life either for better or for worse. At one extreme, having cancer leads to enhanced appreciation of life and closer bonds with others. However, at the other extreme, cancer combined with its treatment is viewed as an event that evokes distress and emotional anguish taxing the individual's ability to cope. In the last 25 years, owing to the advent of clinical trials, progress has been made in cancer treatment. Clinical trials may be hailed as the saviour to many therapeutic dilemmas. Treatments are now available which can offer patients hope of cure. Nevertheless, many participants may fear, for the purpose of research, that they may be assigned to less than optimal therapy or that their care will be carried out in a sterile scientific atmosphere devoid of humane and personal consideration. These and other reasons may cause unacceptable personal distress that overrides the potential therapeutic gain. Cancer diagnosis coupled with the ramifications of clinical trial involvement can have significant psychological implications. They may trigger the onset of a mood disorder or exacerbate a present symptom. This article will identify mood disorders in the cancer population, focus on the participants' needs in the clinical trial arena and investigate the influence trial participation has on psychological status.

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Knowledge of diagnosis, treatment and its side-effects in patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer

Cited by 12 publications

References 19 publications

The role of information in patients' adaptation to chemotherapy and radiotherapy: a review of the literature

The role of information in patients' adaptation to chemotherapy and radiotherapy: a review of the literature

The paradoxical image of chemotherapy: a phenomenological description of nurses' experiences of administering chemotherapy

Psychological distress of cancer and clinical trial participation: a review of the literature

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