ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Anant Thanapreasertgorn, M.D.

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Thai Patients' Perspectives About Truth Telling .

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of The Psychiatric Association of Thailand, Vol. 42 No.4 October-December 1997, P 212-219.

รายละเอียด / Details:

Objective To survey the attitudes of the patients towards disclosure of diagnosis and prognosis of serious illness such as cancer, and the knowledge of their illness. Methods The patient samples were recruited from 3 major wards; internal medicine, surgery, and gynecology. From each ward, 15 cancer patients and 25 non-cancer patients were selected by stratified randomization, making the total of 120 patient samples (45 cancer, 75 non-cancer). Patients who were too ill or could not be interviewed of any reasons were excluded. They were interviewed by the structured questionnaire in order to assess the knowledge of their illness and desire for information, and their general attitudes about truth disclosure to cancer patients. Results Eighty-eight percent of the non-cancer patients knew about their diagnosis. Seventy- one percent of the cancer patients knew that they had cancer, and 25.8% of all patients and 15.6% of patients with cancer knew about their treatment plan and prognosis in detail. Eighty eight percent of patients would like to know their prognosis. Conclusions The patients were not satisfied with their knowledge of their illness and treatment plan, half of them felt that the doctor had not given enough information. The patients seemed to have quite open attitudes towards truth disclosure even some of them showed some degrees of ambivalence or disagree. Factors found to have influence on knowledge of their illness and towards truth disclosure were gender, age, education, and the diagnosis of cancer.

Keywords: truth disclosure, cancer, mental health, attitude, survey, psychology, serious illness, information illness

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 1997

Address: Psychiatry Service, Taksin Hospital, Klongsan Road, Bangkok 10600

Code: 0000075

ISSN/ISBN: 0125-6985

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Journal.

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