Study on Attitudes of Cancer Patients about Breaking Ways of Bad News

Health law journal Pub Date : 2017-07-01 DOI:10.22037/BHL.V1I2.17814

Ashraf karimi Rahjerdi, Bahareh Nasiri, A. Shamshiri

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Background and Aim : Giving bad news is an inevitable part of medical profession. There are different opinions about telling the truth and giving bad news to patients in different cultures and societies. Thus, purpose of this study was investigating attitudes of cancer patients about methods of awareness of bad news. Materials and Methods : The study was cross-sectional research that has been done on a sample of 160 people of cancer patients. This study used questionnaire that its validity was confirmed by communication sciences professors and medical experts. The reliability of questionnaire and Cronbach's alpha for all items of the questionnaire was 95 percent in estimating validity of questionnaire was determined that all questions were significantly correlated. SPSS software, regression analysis and Fisher test were used. Ethical Considerations : In this study, verbal informed consent of participants was obtained followed by an explanation about the purpose of the study, anonymity and confidentiality of patients' information. Findings : In this study investigated 160 patient point of view.37.5% of participants were men and 62.5 of them were women (18-77years). The results show that 57.7 % of patients agreed with historical approach, 78.8% of them agreed with direct source style and 94.4% agreed with informal style of giving information. 18.1% of patients disagree with the flow of the companions of patients of the disease. Conclusion : Findings indicates on better breaking of the bad news to the patients with a historical approach and telling to the patient by physician, directly. Citation: Karimi Rahjerdi A, Nasiri B, Shamshiri AR. Study on Attitudes of Cancer Patients about Breaking Ways of Bad News. Bioeth Health Law J. 2017; 1(2):49-54.

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癌症患者对坏消息披露方式的态度研究

背景和目的：发布坏消息是医学界不可避免的一部分。在不同的文化和社会中，人们对告诉病人真相和告诉病人坏消息有不同的看法。因此，本研究的目的是调查癌症患者对坏消息意识方法的态度。材料和方法：该研究是对160名癌症患者进行的横断面研究。本研究采用问卷调查法，其有效性得到了传播学教授和医学专家的证实。调查问卷的信度和Cronbachα对调查问卷所有项目的信度均为95%，在估计调查问卷的有效性时，确定所有问题均具有显著相关性。采用SPSS软件、回归分析和Fisher检验。伦理考虑：在这项研究中，获得了参与者的口头知情同意，然后解释了研究的目的、匿名性和患者信息的保密性。研究结果：在这项研究中，调查了160名患者的观点。37.5%的参与者是男性，其中62.5是女性（18-77岁）。结果显示，57.7%的患者同意历史方法，78.8%的患者同意直接来源方式，94.4%的患者同意非正式信息提供方式。18.1%的患者不同意该疾病患者同伴的流动。结论：本研究结果表明，用历史的方法更好地将坏消息告知患者，并由医生直接告知患者。引用：Karimi Rahjerdi A，Nasiri B，Shamshiri AR。癌症患者对坏消息突发方式的态度研究。《生物健康法J.2017》；1（2）:49-54。

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