What Are Patients with Thyroid Cancer Surgery Concerned about?

Kim Hanna; Hee Park Yoon; Ja Oh Young; Ah Park Kyung; Sook Kim In; Myoung Woo Kum; Kim Bup-Woo; Sang Lee Yong; Chang Hang-Seok; Soo Park Cheong

doi:10.11106/jkta.2013.6.2.115

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Hanna, Yoon, Young, Kyung, In, Kum, Bup-Woo, Yong, Hang-Seok, and Cheong: What Are Patients with Thyroid Cancer Surgery Concerned about?

Original Article

J Korean Thyroid Assoc 2013;6(2):115-120.

Published online: 3 May 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11106/jkta.2013.6.2.115

What Are Patients with Thyroid Cancer Surgery Concerned about?

Kim Hanna^*,, Hee Park Yoon^*,, Ja Oh Young, Ah Park Kyung, Sook Kim In, Myoung Woo Kum, Kim Bup-Woo, Sang Lee Yong, Chang Hang-Seok, Soo Park Cheong

¹Thyroid Cancer Center, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

²Division of Nursing, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Address reprint requests to Yong Sang Lee, MD, Thyroid Cancer Center, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 211 Eonju-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-720, Korea Tel: 82-2-2019-3370, Fax: 82-2-3462-5994, E-mail: medilys@yuhs.ac

Received 22 April 2013 Accepted 18 October 2013

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Background and Objectives

To prevent getting wrong information and improve high quality of life, it is necessary to provide accurate information and patient education. This study aimed to collect basic data and develop educational program for thyroid cancer patient by understanding their educational needs.

Materials and Methods

Between April 16 and June 15, 2012, 159 patients who underwent thyroid cancer surgery were enrolled. This survey consisted of 5 areas including management of the symptom and the complication after surgery, postoperative wound and dietary management, treatment plan after discharge, medication management, and daily life.

Results

The most common way for the patients to acquire information about the disease was Internet and the patients who used INTERNET as their information source were 54.7%. Doctors (76.1%) and nurses (21.4%) were the preferred educators for the patients, and small group education was the preferred education method. Specifically the need for “management of the symptom and the complication after surgery” was the highest (3.33), followed by “treatment plan after discharge” (3.31), “medication management” (3.19), “postoperative wound and dietary management” (3.17).

Conclusion

Medical team including doctors and nurses should be the center to activate small group education for patients. Professional and individualized education program should be developed to give the proper education to patients and their family.

Keywords: Thyroid cancer, Surgery, Education of patients, Health survey

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