TY - GEN
T1 - Impact of patient-centered care on cancer beliefs and knowledge
T2 - 8th IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering, ISSE 2022
AU - Elkefi, Safa
AU - Asan, Onur
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Effective communication can help patients cope with cancer, make informed decisions, and foster active engagement in cancer care settings. However, not having good communication can undermine relationships between health care providers and their patients, which may tragically impact health outcomes and perceptions. This paper investigates the impact of patient-centered cancer communication and demographics on patients' cancer perception and knowledge from a social cognitive perspective. We used nationally representative survey data published in January 2021 (n=3865). We performed logistic regression analyses to model population groups differences. All estimates were weighted to be nationally representative; the Jackknife weighting method was used for parameter estimation. Personal factors and patient-centered cancer communication significantly impact cancer perception and knowledge. Involving patients in health-related decisions significantly affects their cancer perception and beliefs (OR=0.49, P=0.04). Some personal factors, including education (OR=0.59, P=0.0042), age (OR=0.34, P<0.001), and family cancer history (OR= 1.7, P=0.04), had a significant impact on cancer perception and knowledge. Cancer perception and expertise can be guided and corrected through a well-established patient-centered cancer communication approach that guides a patient through his health pathway and addresses the doubts from environmental and personal factors. There is a critical need for providers to retrace the limits of the adopted patient-centered approaches since involving patients in the decision made about their health care helps clear their confusion about cancer signs.
AB - Effective communication can help patients cope with cancer, make informed decisions, and foster active engagement in cancer care settings. However, not having good communication can undermine relationships between health care providers and their patients, which may tragically impact health outcomes and perceptions. This paper investigates the impact of patient-centered cancer communication and demographics on patients' cancer perception and knowledge from a social cognitive perspective. We used nationally representative survey data published in January 2021 (n=3865). We performed logistic regression analyses to model population groups differences. All estimates were weighted to be nationally representative; the Jackknife weighting method was used for parameter estimation. Personal factors and patient-centered cancer communication significantly impact cancer perception and knowledge. Involving patients in health-related decisions significantly affects their cancer perception and beliefs (OR=0.49, P=0.04). Some personal factors, including education (OR=0.59, P=0.0042), age (OR=0.34, P<0.001), and family cancer history (OR= 1.7, P=0.04), had a significant impact on cancer perception and knowledge. Cancer perception and expertise can be guided and corrected through a well-established patient-centered cancer communication approach that guides a patient through his health pathway and addresses the doubts from environmental and personal factors. There is a critical need for providers to retrace the limits of the adopted patient-centered approaches since involving patients in the decision made about their health care helps clear their confusion about cancer signs.
KW - Health beliefs
KW - cancer beliefs
KW - cognitive behavior therapy
KW - doctor-patient relations
KW - patient-centered cancer care
KW - psychological theory
KW - social cognitive theory
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U2 - 10.1109/ISSE54508.2022.10005549
DO - 10.1109/ISSE54508.2022.10005549
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85146933673
T3 - ISSE 2022 - 2022 8th IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering, Conference Proceedings
BT - ISSE 2022 - 2022 8th IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering, Conference Proceedings
Y2 - 24 October 2022 through 26 October 2022
ER -