Authors: Haydeh Heidari Marjan Mardani–Hamooleh
Publish Date: 2015/07/25
Volume: 31, Issue: 4, Pages: 715-720
Abstract
Understanding the informational needs of cancer patients is a requirement to plan any educative care program for them The aim of this study was to identify Iranian cancer patients’ perceptions of informational needs The study took a qualitative approach Semistructured interviews were held with 25 cancer patients in two teaching hospitals in Iran Transcripts of the interviews underwent conventional content analysis and categories were extracted The results came under two main categories diseaserelated informational needs and information needs related to daily life Diseaserelated informational needs had two subcategories obtaining information about the nature of disease and obtaining information about disease prognosis Information needs related to daily life also had two subcategories obtaining information about healthy lifestyle and obtaining information about regular activities of daily life The findings provide deep understanding of cancer patients’ informational needs in Iran
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