Cargando…

Perception de la gravité de la maladie cancéreuse et pluralisme thérapeutique en oncologie médicale à l’Hôpital Général de Yaoundé

INTRODUCTION: cancer is a potentially serious disease. The announcement of a cancer diagnosis is bad news. This diagnosis is experienced differently from one person to the next. Patient's behaviour and compliance reflects specific behaviors of relatives. Alternative treatments are commonly used...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sando, Zacharie, Nnomo, Anne Christiane Essama, Tabola, Lionel, Likeng, Julienne Ngo, Nganwa, Grace, Atenguena, Etienne, Mapoko, Berthe Sabine Esson, Sango, Anne, Ndom, Paul, Njombou, Sylvanie Makou, Ngueffo, Linda Sando, Nkoum, Benjamin Alexandre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10204101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37229306
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.44.96.27765
_version_ 1785045767461797888
author Sando, Zacharie
Nnomo, Anne Christiane Essama
Tabola, Lionel
Likeng, Julienne Ngo
Nganwa, Grace
Atenguena, Etienne
Mapoko, Berthe Sabine Esson
Sango, Anne
Ndom, Paul
Njombou, Sylvanie Makou
Ngueffo, Linda Sando
Nkoum, Benjamin Alexandre
author_facet Sando, Zacharie
Nnomo, Anne Christiane Essama
Tabola, Lionel
Likeng, Julienne Ngo
Nganwa, Grace
Atenguena, Etienne
Mapoko, Berthe Sabine Esson
Sango, Anne
Ndom, Paul
Njombou, Sylvanie Makou
Ngueffo, Linda Sando
Nkoum, Benjamin Alexandre
author_sort Sando, Zacharie
collection PubMed
description INTRODUCTION: cancer is a potentially serious disease. The announcement of a cancer diagnosis is bad news. This diagnosis is experienced differently from one person to the next. Patient's behaviour and compliance reflects specific behaviors of relatives. Alternative treatments are commonly used in oncology in some African countries. The purpose of this study was to establish cancer patients' experience, the extent of the use of alternative treatments and factors influencing their choices. METHODS: we conducted a descriptive study at the Yaoundé General Hospital from December 2019 to May 2020. The study included patients over 18 years of age treated for cancer, who had been undergoing chemotherapy for at least three months and who agreed to complete the questionnaire. RESULTS: the interview involved 122 patients. Sex ratio was 1/1. The average age of patients was 45 years; 38.5% of patients thought that cancer is a very serious disease, 24% were desperate for diagnosis, 61% thought that recovery would be very slow. Pluralists in our sample accounted for 59.8%. CONCLUSION: cancer patients and their relatives generally perceive cancer as serious. Patients experience a feeling of sudden and intense anxiety when they are diagnosed with cancer. Therapeutic pluralism is a frequent practice.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10204101
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher The African Field Epidemiology Network
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-102041012023-05-24 Perception de la gravité de la maladie cancéreuse et pluralisme thérapeutique en oncologie médicale à l’Hôpital Général de Yaoundé Sando, Zacharie Nnomo, Anne Christiane Essama Tabola, Lionel Likeng, Julienne Ngo Nganwa, Grace Atenguena, Etienne Mapoko, Berthe Sabine Esson Sango, Anne Ndom, Paul Njombou, Sylvanie Makou Ngueffo, Linda Sando Nkoum, Benjamin Alexandre Pan Afr Med J Research INTRODUCTION: cancer is a potentially serious disease. The announcement of a cancer diagnosis is bad news. This diagnosis is experienced differently from one person to the next. Patient's behaviour and compliance reflects specific behaviors of relatives. Alternative treatments are commonly used in oncology in some African countries. The purpose of this study was to establish cancer patients' experience, the extent of the use of alternative treatments and factors influencing their choices. METHODS: we conducted a descriptive study at the Yaoundé General Hospital from December 2019 to May 2020. The study included patients over 18 years of age treated for cancer, who had been undergoing chemotherapy for at least three months and who agreed to complete the questionnaire. RESULTS: the interview involved 122 patients. Sex ratio was 1/1. The average age of patients was 45 years; 38.5% of patients thought that cancer is a very serious disease, 24% were desperate for diagnosis, 61% thought that recovery would be very slow. Pluralists in our sample accounted for 59.8%. CONCLUSION: cancer patients and their relatives generally perceive cancer as serious. Patients experience a feeling of sudden and intense anxiety when they are diagnosed with cancer. Therapeutic pluralism is a frequent practice. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2023-02-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10204101/ /pubmed/37229306 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.44.96.27765 Text en Copyright: Zacharie Sando et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research
Sando, Zacharie
Nnomo, Anne Christiane Essama
Tabola, Lionel
Likeng, Julienne Ngo
Nganwa, Grace
Atenguena, Etienne
Mapoko, Berthe Sabine Esson
Sango, Anne
Ndom, Paul
Njombou, Sylvanie Makou
Ngueffo, Linda Sando
Nkoum, Benjamin Alexandre
Perception de la gravité de la maladie cancéreuse et pluralisme thérapeutique en oncologie médicale à l’Hôpital Général de Yaoundé
title Perception de la gravité de la maladie cancéreuse et pluralisme thérapeutique en oncologie médicale à l’Hôpital Général de Yaoundé
title_full Perception de la gravité de la maladie cancéreuse et pluralisme thérapeutique en oncologie médicale à l’Hôpital Général de Yaoundé
title_fullStr Perception de la gravité de la maladie cancéreuse et pluralisme thérapeutique en oncologie médicale à l’Hôpital Général de Yaoundé
title_full_unstemmed Perception de la gravité de la maladie cancéreuse et pluralisme thérapeutique en oncologie médicale à l’Hôpital Général de Yaoundé
title_short Perception de la gravité de la maladie cancéreuse et pluralisme thérapeutique en oncologie médicale à l’Hôpital Général de Yaoundé
title_sort perception de la gravité de la maladie cancéreuse et pluralisme thérapeutique en oncologie médicale à l’hôpital général de yaoundé
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10204101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37229306
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.44.96.27765
work_keys_str_mv AT sandozacharie perceptiondelagravitedelamaladiecancereuseetpluralismetherapeutiqueenoncologiemedicalealhopitalgeneraldeyaounde
AT nnomoannechristianeessama perceptiondelagravitedelamaladiecancereuseetpluralismetherapeutiqueenoncologiemedicalealhopitalgeneraldeyaounde
AT tabolalionel perceptiondelagravitedelamaladiecancereuseetpluralismetherapeutiqueenoncologiemedicalealhopitalgeneraldeyaounde
AT likengjuliennengo perceptiondelagravitedelamaladiecancereuseetpluralismetherapeutiqueenoncologiemedicalealhopitalgeneraldeyaounde
AT nganwagrace perceptiondelagravitedelamaladiecancereuseetpluralismetherapeutiqueenoncologiemedicalealhopitalgeneraldeyaounde
AT atenguenaetienne perceptiondelagravitedelamaladiecancereuseetpluralismetherapeutiqueenoncologiemedicalealhopitalgeneraldeyaounde
AT mapokoberthesabineesson perceptiondelagravitedelamaladiecancereuseetpluralismetherapeutiqueenoncologiemedicalealhopitalgeneraldeyaounde
AT sangoanne perceptiondelagravitedelamaladiecancereuseetpluralismetherapeutiqueenoncologiemedicalealhopitalgeneraldeyaounde
AT ndompaul perceptiondelagravitedelamaladiecancereuseetpluralismetherapeutiqueenoncologiemedicalealhopitalgeneraldeyaounde
AT njombousylvaniemakou perceptiondelagravitedelamaladiecancereuseetpluralismetherapeutiqueenoncologiemedicalealhopitalgeneraldeyaounde
AT ngueffolindasando perceptiondelagravitedelamaladiecancereuseetpluralismetherapeutiqueenoncologiemedicalealhopitalgeneraldeyaounde
AT nkoumbenjaminalexandre perceptiondelagravitedelamaladiecancereuseetpluralismetherapeutiqueenoncologiemedicalealhopitalgeneraldeyaounde