Indication for psychooncology care among volunteer programme participants
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | Our goal in this study is to analyze the profile of a patient who is interested in activities of a volunteer programme in terms of indication for psychooncology care and other relevant characteristics. The set of questionnaires with Hornheide Questionnaire and the evaluation questionnaire was distributed among 45 respondents who attended the Volunteer programme during the period of 9 months. The Volunteer programme is the most often sought by women in average age 57 during their first hospitalization due to cancer lasting for 5-9 weeks. Their attendance in the Programme is motivated by the possibility to learn something new and the distraction from the thoughts about cancer is considered as the Program's main benefit. The results suggest the connection of attendance in the Volunteer Programme with indication for psychooncology care (87% of the respondents are indicated for the psychooncology care). According to the results of actual researches this high percentage does not correspond with the normal distribution of the indication for psychooncology care among cancer patients. |