Patient Education Sessions Influences Levels Of Satisfaction

Cancer treatments can be extremely frightening and intimidating. Patients receiving treatment require adequate knowledge to help them deal with the treatment. Education sessions and preparation that cancer patients get prior to radiation treatment or CT simulation may influence their satisfaction. In this study, authors seek to explore whether the timing of patient education sessions influences levels of satisfaction in women treated for breast cancer. - The author’s purpose, approach or methods, hypothesis, and major conclusions. Purpose: To explore whether the timing of patient education sessions influences levels of satisfaction in women treated for breast cancer. Methods: Two groups of participants, 350 women total, were surveyed retrospectively via a postal questionnaire. Participants from group 1 received a patient education session following their first radiation therapy treatment. 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