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Breaking bad news of cancer diagnosis – Perception of the cancer patients in a rural community in Malaysia

CONTEXT: Breaking of bad news is an important component in the management of cancer patients. AIMS: This study aimed to assess the perceptions of breaking bad news of cancer diagnosis. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: It was a cross-sectional study using Breaking Bad News Assessment Schedule (BAS) questionnaire...

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Autores principales: Bain, Mathew Gabriel, Lian, Cheah Whye, Thon, Chang Ching
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4014642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24818107
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2278-330X.130447
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description CONTEXT: Breaking of bad news is an important component in the management of cancer patients. AIMS: This study aimed to assess the perceptions of breaking bad news of cancer diagnosis. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: It was a cross-sectional study using Breaking Bad News Assessment Schedule (BAS) questionnaire on cancer patients in Serian district. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using snowballing sampling method, a total of 134 patients were interviewed face-to-face after the consent was obtained from each of the respondents. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 19.0. RESULTS: Majority were comfortable with the current method of breaking bad news. The main aspects found to be the areas of concern were the importance of the usage of body language, management of time and identifying patients’ key area of concerns. There were significant difference between sex and “information giving” (P = 0.028) and “general consideration” (P = 0.016) and also between “the age and setting the scene” (P = 0.042). Significant difference was also found between the types of cancer and “the setting of scene” (P = 0.018), “breaking bad news technique” (P = 0.010), “eliciting concerns” (P = 0.003) and “information giving” (P = 0.004). CONCLUSION: Good and effective communication skill of breaking bad news is vital in the management of cancer patients. As the incidence of new cases of cancer increase every year, breaking of bad news has become a pertinent to the medical professionals’ role. Specific aspects of communication skills based on local characteristics should be more emphasized in the formulation of training for doctors.
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spelling pubmed-40146422014-05-09 Breaking bad news of cancer diagnosis – Perception of the cancer patients in a rural community in Malaysia Bain, Mathew Gabriel Lian, Cheah Whye Thon, Chang Ching South Asian J Cancer SOUTH ASIAN UPDATE: Original Article CONTEXT: Breaking of bad news is an important component in the management of cancer patients. AIMS: This study aimed to assess the perceptions of breaking bad news of cancer diagnosis. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: It was a cross-sectional study using Breaking Bad News Assessment Schedule (BAS) questionnaire on cancer patients in Serian district. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using snowballing sampling method, a total of 134 patients were interviewed face-to-face after the consent was obtained from each of the respondents. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 19.0. RESULTS: Majority were comfortable with the current method of breaking bad news. The main aspects found to be the areas of concern were the importance of the usage of body language, management of time and identifying patients’ key area of concerns. There were significant difference between sex and “information giving” (P = 0.028) and “general consideration” (P = 0.016) and also between “the age and setting the scene” (P = 0.042). Significant difference was also found between the types of cancer and “the setting of scene” (P = 0.018), “breaking bad news technique” (P = 0.010), “eliciting concerns” (P = 0.003) and “information giving” (P = 0.004). CONCLUSION: Good and effective communication skill of breaking bad news is vital in the management of cancer patients. As the incidence of new cases of cancer increase every year, breaking of bad news has become a pertinent to the medical professionals’ role. Specific aspects of communication skills based on local characteristics should be more emphasized in the formulation of training for doctors. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4014642/ /pubmed/24818107 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2278-330X.130447 Text en Copyright: © South Asian Journal of Cancer http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bain, Mathew Gabriel
Lian, Cheah Whye
Thon, Chang Ching
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title_fullStr Breaking bad news of cancer diagnosis – Perception of the cancer patients in a rural community in Malaysia
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title_short Breaking bad news of cancer diagnosis – Perception of the cancer patients in a rural community in Malaysia
title_sort breaking bad news of cancer diagnosis – perception of the cancer patients in a rural community in malaysia
topic SOUTH ASIAN UPDATE: Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4014642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24818107
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2278-330X.130447
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