Yohannes, Elleni (2017) The Knowledge and Attitude of Patient on Chemotherapy and It’s Associated Factors in Oncology Department in Tikur Anbessa Specilaized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
Background: Chemotherapy is considered the primary treatment for chemotherapy which no effective alternative treatment is available or when the alternative treatment is less then optimal chemotherapy is a systemic treatment that enables the therapy to combat primary disease sites, area of known metastasis, and possibly microscopic spread of the disease. Objective: The general objective of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitude of patients for anticancer chemotherapy and associated factors in the oncology clinic of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017. Methods: A cross sectional survey on sample population of 380 cancer patient receiving chemotherapy. A systematic random sampling technique was used. The strength of an association between dependent and independent variables and its significance was computed using odds radio with 95% confidence interval. Multiple logistic regression analysis technique was employed to evaluate independent effect exposure variables on the outcome variable. Results was presented in tables, graphs, and texts Result: Patient with knowledge and positive attitude were 33.3% and 51.1% respectively. Patient with no previously history chemotherapy were 21.5% times less likely to have knowledge of chemotherapy [AOR=0.215(0.058, 0.830))] than those who have take chemotherapy previously. Patient who has more income were 25.49% more likely to have knowledge [2.549(1.044, 6227)]. Patient who were male were to have42.1% time less likely to have a positive attitude [AOR= 0.421(0.225, 0.786)] than the females. Patient with no family history of chemotherapy were 34.47% less likely to have a positive attitude [AOR= 3.447(1.278, 9.296)] than with family history cancer. Conclusion and recommendation: The study found that almost half of the participants were with positive attitude and more than half of the participants were unknowledgeable. The care provides should give eduction repetedly though out the each cycle and should give information to the level of the clintes and their family members.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Knowledge, Attitude and Chemotherapy |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) R Medicine > RT Nursing |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Vincent Mpoza |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2018 06:45 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2018 06:45 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/7033 |
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