Influencing factors of demand in female breast cancer patients during hospitalization

Abstract

To explore the relationship between the demand in breast cancer patients during hospitalization and the affective factors. A self-developed " breast cancer patients demand questionnaire" was used in 115 breast cancer patients in hospital, and multiple linear regression was used to analysis of the impacts of each domains and total scores. The average score in domain of disease knowledge is highest, about 3.77. The total score,physiological score, social psychological need score in patients during operation are higher than those in patients during chemotherapy,the scores were 140.07, 31.82, 59.57 and 126.38, 28.87, 51.64,respectively. The total scores were effected by the type of pathology and education levels. In addition, the demands also were related with the type of surgery, treatment stage, family structure and family economic income. The demand in breast cancer patients during hospitalization includes the disease knowledge, physiological, social psychological need. Different individualized intervention should be taken in the difference patients.