Effect of Patient_ Care giver Education program On Cancer Related Self- Efficacy in BreastCancer Patients

Introduction and aim:Breast cancer is the most common cancers among women population and adaptive strategies play an important role regarding adjustment to disease and treatment. One of the most important needs of breast cancer patients regarding adjustment is information. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of patient_ care giver education on cancer related self efficacy of breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Material and Method:This is a controlled randomized clinical trial. 30 patient care giver pair allocated randomly to intervention or control group. Intervention group received 2 verbal education sessions along with 4 telephones follow up and a written booklet. Education was given to patient and her care giver simultaneously. Control group received routine care only. Post test was taken 6 weeks after thepre test in both groups using Cancer related self efficacy scale. Data was analyzed using SPSS software version 13. Result:Finding showed that patient_ care giver education can improve cancer related self efficacy of patients in intervention group rather than control group (p<0.05). Discussion and Conclusion:Results of this study confirm our hypothesis that patient_ care giver education can increase cancer related self efficacy of patients undergoing chemo therapy.

کلیدواژه ها:

Breast cancer ، Care giver ، Self efficacy ، Intervention