Patients’awareness about their own breast cancer characteristics
作者机构：Department of Breast and Thyroid SurgeryShandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical UniversityJinan 250021Shandong ProvinceChina Department of General SurgeryThird Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical UniversityAffiliated Hospital of Shandong Academy of Medical SciencesShandong First Medical UniversityJinan 250031Shandong ProvinceChina Department of Breast SurgeryFoshan Maternity and Child Health Care HospitalFoshan 528000Guangdong ProvinceChina
出 版 物：《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)
年 卷 期：2021年第9卷第24期
页 面：7043-7052页
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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题：Breast cancer Awareness Characteristics Health literacy Education
摘 要：BACKGROUND Patients’knowledge about the characteristics of their own cancer could be an important factor for understanding treatment regimens and adhering to ***,to date nothing is known about the awareness among Chinese breast cancer patients about the characteristics of their own *** To investigate how much knowledge that Chinese breast cancer patients have about their tumor characteristics and the impact of health and education literacy on the acquisition of such *** The survey was administered to patients who were diagnosed with breast cancer from 2017 to 2019 in three hospitals in China,and who came in for regular followup on an outpatient *** collected responses from 226 respondents who were asked about their cancer characteristics(stage,grade,and estrogen receptor status and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status of the cancer),and evaluated the correctness by comparing with their medical *** regression was used to assess the probability of knowing and of correctly answering *** also analyzed the association between our findings and the level of the patient’s education and their health *** Overall,20.80%to 57.96%of the patients reported knowing about the characteristics of breast cancer;of these,10.18%to 46.46%reported these characteristics ***,age,and health literacy were all significantly associated with awareness rate,and with the level to which this information was *** Breast cancer patients in China know little about their disease,and better education aimed at improving their knowledge about cancer characteristics is urgently *** low level of awareness could represent a deficiency of communication between surgeons and patients,which may be one of the reasons why medical disputes occur in China.
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