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Patients’ preferences for video cassette recorded information: effect of age, sex and ethnic group

Patients’ preferences for video cassette recorded information: effect of age, sex and ethnic group The emotional turmoil patients endure following a diagnosis of cancer can impair their ability to retain complex treatment‐related information. Manoeuvres which increase the intensity of information have been shown to increase the amount retained. Providing details of treatment in a video format is one method of intensifying information provision, but the attitudes of patients to this format have not previously been evaluated. In this pilot study, the attitudes of 300 patients to video directed information were evaluated via questionnaires, of which 210 (70%) were returned. Eighty‐nine per cent had easy access to a video cassette player. A highly significant number felt that the video would be very helpful or helpful (78%) compared to not helpful, worrying or equivocal 21% (P < 0.0001). This trend was particularly strong in patients < 60 years (83%versus 17%) (P < 0.0001) and those from ethnic groups (95%versus 5%) (P < 0.0001). As a result of this trial, a 20‐min film (HEP©) has been commissioned. It describes details of the two main treatments for cancer after surgery, namely chemotherapy and radiotherapy, shows patients actually having treatment, and explains the common side‐effects and ways to alleviate them. Patients satisfaction with the film and its effect on anxiety and depression are currently being evaluated in an international prospective randomized trail. If it proves advantageous for patients – in view of the ethnic group bias in this study – it will be translated into the ethnic languages of the UK. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Journal of Cancer Care Wiley

Patients’ preferences for video cassette recorded information: effect of age, sex and ethnic group

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Blackwell Science Ltd
ISSN
0961-5423
eISSN
1365-2354
DOI
10.1046/j.1365-2354.1999.00123.x
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Abstract

The emotional turmoil patients endure following a diagnosis of cancer can impair their ability to retain complex treatment‐related information. Manoeuvres which increase the intensity of information have been shown to increase the amount retained. Providing details of treatment in a video format is one method of intensifying information provision, but the attitudes of patients to this format have not previously been evaluated. In this pilot study, the attitudes of 300 patients to video directed information were evaluated via questionnaires, of which 210 (70%) were returned. Eighty‐nine per cent had easy access to a video cassette player. A highly significant number felt that the video would be very helpful or helpful (78%) compared to not helpful, worrying or equivocal 21% (P < 0.0001). This trend was particularly strong in patients < 60 years (83%versus 17%) (P < 0.0001) and those from ethnic groups (95%versus 5%) (P < 0.0001). As a result of this trial, a 20‐min film (HEP©) has been commissioned. It describes details of the two main treatments for cancer after surgery, namely chemotherapy and radiotherapy, shows patients actually having treatment, and explains the common side‐effects and ways to alleviate them. Patients satisfaction with the film and its effect on anxiety and depression are currently being evaluated in an international prospective randomized trail. If it proves advantageous for patients – in view of the ethnic group bias in this study – it will be translated into the ethnic languages of the UK.

Journal

European Journal of Cancer CareWiley

Published: Jun 1, 1999

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