ASSESSING THE INFORMATION GIVEN TO CANCER PATIENTS ATTENDING DAY HOSPITAL IN A COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTRE

摘要: 7 RESUMO 8 INTRODUCTION 10 1. CANCER: FROM ANCIENT HISTORY TO NOWADAYS 2. COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE ONCOLOGY SETTING 12 2.1 DIFFICULTIES 13 2.1.1 HEALTH STAFF 2.1.2 PATIENT 15 2.1.3 FRAMEWORK, PHYSICAL AND ORGANISATIONAL CONSTRAINTS LEADING 16 2.2 NEEDS OF CANCER PATIENTS 17 2.3. PATIENT-PHYSICIAN ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS 20 2.4. IMPROVEMENT 22 3. OBJECTIVES 23 3.1 GENERAL OBJECTIVE 3.2 SECONDARY 3.2.1. A priori hypotheses based on the literature (Fallowfield LJ 1994, Hardy R 1979, S 1991, 1993, U. Y. Fujimori M 2009, Rutten 2005) 3.2.2. Exploratory analysis 25 4. STUDY DESIGN 5. SELECTION CRITERIA 26 6. FORMS FOR DATA COLLECTION 27 7. PROCEDURES TIMING ASSESSMENTS 29 8. STATISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS 30 9. ETHICAL 32 9.1 PATIENT’S PROTECTION 10. RESULTS 33 DEMOGRAPHIC CLINICAL VARIABLES DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS EORTC QLQ-INFO25 QUESTIONNAIRE 36 Open questions of description (wishes more and less information) 37 INFERENTIAL 40 EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS 43 11. DISCUSSION 48 12. CONCLUSION 54 13. REFERENCES 56 14. APPENDICES 61