Objective: The aim of the study is to evaluate the knowledge level of relatives of cancer patients about external beam radiotherapy. Material and Methods: A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in Radiotherapy Department of Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital. One hundred and thirteen patient relatives agreed to answer the questionnaire. A questionnaire containing demographic information and radiotherapy was prepared by the authors. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square test were used for statistical analysis and p<0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results: Of the participants, 73(64.6%) were male and 40(35.4%) were female (n=113; mean age: 50.46±13.97). No significant correlation was found between answers of the relatives and gender, marital status, employment status, educational level and income level (p>0.05). At the beginning of the survey, 33.6% of the participants said that they did not have any information about radiotherapy and 65% of the remaining participants stated that they received information about radiotherapy from the doctors. Only 20% of the relatives knew the definition of radiotherapy correctly. Nearly half of the participants (46.7%) stated that patients emits radiation after external radiotherapy. 45.3% of the participants did not hear x-ray before. Most of the participants considered radiotherapy very effective (74.7%). The ratio of the participants who think that the patient suffered during radiotherapy were 21.3%. There was a statistically significant difference between some answers and patient age and educational status (p<0.05). Conclusion: The results of this study show that general and technical knowledge of the patient relatives about external beam radiotherapy were limited.
Keywords: Radiotherapy; relatives of cancer patients; knowledge
Amaç: Çalışmanın amacı, kanser hastalarının yakınlarının eksternal radyoterapi konusundaki bilgilerini değerlendirmektir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışma Erzurum Bölge Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Radyoterapi Bölümü'nde kesitsel araştırma yöntemi kullanılarak yapılmıştır. Yüz on üç kanser hastası yakını çalışma sorularına cevap vermeyi kabul etmiştir. Demografik bilgiler ve radyoterapi ile ilgili sorular içeren anket, yazarlar tarafından hazırlanmıştır. İstatistiksel analiz için tanımlayıcı istatistikler ve Ki-kare testi kullanılmıştır. p <0,05 istatistiksel olarak anlamlı kabul edilmiştir. Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılanların 40 (%35,4)'ı kadın, 73 (%64,6)'ü erkekti (n=103; yaş ortalaması: 50,46±13,97). Katılımcıların sorulara verdikleri cevapları ile cinsiyet, medeni durum, çalışma durumu, hasta yakınlık düzeyi ve gelir düzeyleri arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişki bulunamamıştır (p>0,05). Çalışma sorularının başlangıcında, 113 hasta yakınının %33,6'sı radyoterapi hakkında herhangi bir bilgiye sahip olmadığını söylemiştir. Kalan katılımcıların %65'i radyoterapi hakkında doktorlardan bilgi aldığını belirtmiştir. Radyoterapinin tanımını hasta yakınlarının sadece %20'si doğru olarak bilmiştir. Katılımcıların yaklaşık yarısı (%46,7) eksternal radyoterapi sonrası hastaların radyasyon yaydığını düşünmektedir. Hasta yakınlarının % 45,3'ü daha önce x- ışınını hiç duymadığını belirtmiştir. Katılımcıların çoğu radyoterapiyi etkili bir tedavi yöntemi olarak görmektedir. (74,7%). Radyoterapi sırasında hastanın acı çektiğini düşünen katılımcı oranı %21,3 dir. Hasta yakınlarının verdikleri bazı cevaplar ile yaşları ve eğitim durumları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklar olduğu tespit edilmiştir (p <0,05). Sonuç: Çalışmanın sonucunda hasta yakınlarının eksternal radyoterapi konusunda genel ve teknik bilgilerinin sınırlı olduğu görülmüştür.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Radyoterapi; kanser hastası yakınları; bilgi
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