Initiation of Cancer Rehabilitation Service in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital: Challenges and Opportunities: Health Workers Perspective.
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2020-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Background:Early diagnosis and improved cancer treatments have increased the number of cancer survivors. Accordingly, cancer rehabilitation has been increasingly recognized as a key factor in the management of cancer survivors. In Ethiopia, the number of cancer cases increases from year to year Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital is the only hospital in the country that render a comprehensive cancer therapy receiving patients from all over the country. However, the hospital has no cancer rehabilitation center. This overload can lead to inadequate care and also decrease quality of life and survival rate of the cancer patients. Hence, this study was to explored the initiation of cancer rehabilitation service with its challenges and potential opportunities from the health workers perspectives.
Methods: qualitative study was conducted among health workers at TikurAnbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia using the purposive sampling that includes_eighthealth workers. Data were collected through in-depth interview. The data analysis was performed using Atlas-tisoft wear version 7.5.16.
Result:The result of the analysis led to established under the following threethemes and eleven sub-theme which are perspective of participant initiation cancer rehabilitation,Participants perspective of challenges for Cancer Rehabilitation service and participants perspective of existing / potential opportunities for the initiation of cancer rehabilitation.in this study the health worker perceived for initiation of cancer rehabilitation health policy, organizational ,health professional, perceived patient and family related challenges and opportunities.A graphic representation of the interaction was created for these categories and how they affect the initiation of rehabilitation services for cancer patients.
Conclusion: findings of the study is that the government is not giving adequate attention for cancer as a general and rehabilitation service in particular. This can be seen easily as it drafts any policy or guide line and also did not allocate any budget. The other major finding is that institutional problems like workload, lack of working space and manpower. These findings can inform the government and stakeholders should consider the vitality of
since cancer is spreading dramatically
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Challenges, opportunities, initiation, TikurAnbessa specialized hospital