The Information Needs of New Radiotherapy Patients: How to Measure? Do They Want to Know Everything? And if Not, Why?

Purpose To establish 1) further psychometric properties of the information preference for radiotherapy patients scale (IPRP); 2) what information new radiotherapy patients want to receive; 3) which patients have a lower information need. Methods and Materials Eligible patients ( n = 159; response ra...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics biology, physics, 2012, Vol.82 (1), p.418-424
Hauptverfasser:	Zeguers, Maaike, M.Sc, de Haes, Hanneke C.J.M., Ph.D, Zandbelt, Linda C., Ph.D, ter Hoeven, Claartje L., Ph.D, Franssen, Sanne J., M.Sc, Geijsen, Debbie D., M.D, Koning, Caro C.E., M.D., Ph.D, Smets, Ellen M.A., Ph.D
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptation, Psychological Adult Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences BRAIN Female Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine Humans Information giving INFORMATION NEEDS Information needs assessment LUNGS Male MALES MEDICAL PERSONNEL Medical sciences Middle Aged Needs Assessment - statistics & numerical data NEOPLASMS Neoplasms - psychology Neoplasms - radiotherapy Netherlands Patient Education as Topic - statistics & numerical data Patient Preference - psychology Patient Preference - statistics & numerical data Patient Selection PATIENTS Psychometrics Radiology RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE RADIOTHERAPY Radiotherapy - adverse effects Radiotherapy - methods Radiotherapy - psychology Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects) RECTUM RELIABILITY Reproducibility of Results Sex Factors SIDE EFFECTS Surveys and Questionnaires Truth Disclosure Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Purpose To establish 1) further psychometric properties of the information preference for radiotherapy patients scale (IPRP); 2) what information new radiotherapy patients want to receive; 3) which patients have a lower information need. Methods and Materials Eligible patients ( n = 159; response rate 54%) of 15 radiation oncologists completed the IPRP and provided background characteristics before their first radiotherapy consultation. Exclusion criteria were: age
ISSN:	0360-3016 1879-355X
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.09.032