Patricia Dobríková1,2, Dana Stachurová3,4, Daniel West5, Manwa Hegde6, Bernardo Ramirez7. 1. Faculty of Health Care and Social Work, Univerzitne Namestie, 1, 917 01, Trnava, Slovakia. 2. Hospice Merciful Sisters, Trenčín, Slovakia. 3. Faculty of Heath Care and Social Work, Trnava University, Trnava, Slovakia. 4. Secondary Health School, Prešov, Slovakia. 5. Department of Health Administration and Human Resources, Panuska College of Professional Studies, Scranton, PA, 18510-4597, USA. 6. Department of Health Administration and Human Resources, Panuska College of Professional Studies, Scranton, PA, 18510-4597, USA. hegdemanwa@gmail.com. 7. Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816-2205, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The article presents the results of research on psychosocial aspects of living with cancer in the Slovak Republic focusing on hospitalized and outpatient cancer patients in treatment during the curative stage of the disease. Assessing cancer patient's interest in receiving help from individual members of a multidisciplinary team was a part of the research. METHODS: The research was done through a questionnaire designed to focus on individual psychosocial aspects of cancer treatment. The research sample included 67 hospitalized patients and 61 outpatients. Execution of research was conducted in the individual clinical workplaces. RESULTS: When calculating the interest of cancer patients in spiritual counseling during oncological treatment, hospitalized patients indicated significant interest (p = .014). Similarly, hospitalized patients indicated more interest in using psychological counseling (p = .040) as well as in consultation with the social worker with a significant difference of (p = .017). Interest in the aid of a physical therapist was exhibited more significantly with hospitalized patients (p = .000). Significant interest in hospitalized patients using additional members of the multidisciplinary team was statistically significant (p = .017). Outpatient cancer patients indicated significant interest in finding information about medical conditions on the Internet (p = .000). For items addressing an interest in meeting people with cancer in self-help groups, there was no significant difference between outpatient and hospital patients (p = .298) as with talking to other patients who had cancer (p = .207). CONCLUSION: External support factors are important in helping patients cope with cancer. Health professionals can help patients mitigate the various difficulties associated with cancer.
PURPOSE: The article presents the results of research on psychosocial aspects of living with cancer in the Slovak Republic focusing on hospitalized and outpatient cancer patients in treatment during the curative stage of the disease. Assessing cancer patient's interest in receiving help from individual members of a multidisciplinary team was a part of the research. METHODS: The research was done through a questionnaire designed to focus on individual psychosocial aspects of cancer treatment. The research sample included 67 hospitalized patients and 61 outpatients. Execution of research was conducted in the individual clinical workplaces. RESULTS: When calculating the interest of cancer patients in spiritual counseling during oncological treatment, hospitalized patients indicated significant interest (p = .014). Similarly, hospitalized patients indicated more interest in using psychological counseling (p = .040) as well as in consultation with the social worker with a significant difference of (p = .017). Interest in the aid of a physical therapist was exhibited more significantly with hospitalized patients (p = .000). Significant interest in hospitalized patients using additional members of the multidisciplinary team was statistically significant (p = .017). Outpatient cancer patients indicated significant interest in finding information about medical conditions on the Internet (p = .000). For items addressing an interest in meeting people with cancer in self-help groups, there was no significant difference between outpatient and hospital patients (p = .298) as with talking to other patients who had cancer (p = .207). CONCLUSION: External support factors are important in helping patients cope with cancer. Health professionals can help patients mitigate the various difficulties associated with cancer.
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