The Knowledge and Attitude of Patient on Chemotherapy and its Associated Factors in Oncology Department in Tikur Anbessa Specilaized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017
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2017-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: Chemotherapy is considered the primary treatment for chemotherapy which no
effective alternative treatment is available or when the alternative treatment is less then optimal
chemotherapy is a systemic treatment that enables the therapy to combat primary disease sites,
area of known metastasis, and possibly microscopic spread of the disease.
Objective: The general objective of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitude of
patients for anticancer chemotherapy and associated factors in the oncology clinic of Tikur
Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017.
Methods: A cross sectional survey on sample population of 380 cancer patient receiving
chemotherapy. A systematic random sampling technique was used. The strength of an
association between dependent and independent variables and its significance was computed
using odds radio with 95% confidence interval. Multiple logistic regression analysis technique
was employed to evaluate independent effect exposure variables on the outcome variable.
Results was presented in tables, graphs, and texts
Result: Patient with knowledge and positive attitude were 33.3% and 51.1% respectively.
Patient with no previously history chemotherapy were 21.5% times less likely to have knowledge
of chemotherapy [AOR=0.215(0.058, 0.830))] than those who have take chemotherapy previously.
Patient who has more income were 25.49% more likely to have knowledge [2.549(1.044, 6227)].
Patient who were male were to have42.1% time less likely to have a positive attitude [AOR=
0.421(0.225, 0.786)] than the females. Patient with no family history of chemotherapy were
34.47% less likely to have a positive attitude [AOR= 3.447(1.278, 9.296)] than with family history
cancer.
Conclusion and recommendation: The study found that almost half of the participants were
with positive attitude and more than half of the participants were unknowledgeable. The care
provides should give eduction repetedly though out the each cycle and should give information
to the level of the clintes and their family members.
Key word: -Knowledge, Attitude and Chemotherapy
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Knowledge, Attitude and Chemotherapy