KMID : 1137220120120010035
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Jounal of Korean Oncology Nursing 2012 Volume.12 No. 1 p.35 ~ p.43
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The Effects of a Comprehensive Education Program on Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Coping Style among Newly Diagnosed Patients with Breast Cancer
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Lee Keon-Sook
Lee Ran Kim Dong-Mi Kim Soo-Hyun
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of the study was to identify the effect of a comprehensive education program on knowledge, self-efficacy for self-management, and coping style among newly diagnosed patients with breast cancer.
Methods: This study used a one group pretest-posttest design. Data were collected from April to September, 2010 at a cancer-specific hospital in Goyang, Korea. One hundred forty three women received a comprehensive education program consisting of 3 sessions composed of 8 themes was conducted by several experts (nurses, doctors, dietitians and clinical psychologists) for 3.5 hours a day for 3 days (1 day before and 2 days after the operation).
Results: This study showed that knowledge and self-efficacy for self-management significantly increased after education (p<.001). In terms of coping style, however, only the subscale, ¡®anxious preoccupation¡¯, significantly improved (p=.001) among 5 sub-scales of coping style after education.
Conclusion: A comprehensive education program for newly diagnosed patients with breast cancer was effective for increasing the knowledge and self-efficacy for self-management of breast cancer, in addition to decreasing the coping style of ¡®anxious preoccupation¡¯. However, it did not improve other coping style. Therefore, other strategies for improving coping style are needed.
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KEYWORD
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Breast Neoplasms, Education, Knowledge, Self-efficacy, Psychological Adaptation
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