title: Developing a patient education method - the e-Knowledge Test with feedback.
abstract: Breast cancer and its treatment radiotherapy, have impact on woman's psychosocial and physical well-being causing disruption to quality of life. Because of the positive effects of knowledge on quality of life there is a challenge to develop effective education methods. Due to the growing use of internet among breast cancer patients the development should be focused on e-education. An e-education method, the e-Knowledge Test of radiotherapy with feedback for breast cancer patients (e-KTRT-BC) was planned and piloted. The content of it based on literature of breast cancer patients' knowledge needs of radiotherapy and structured through aspects of empowerment as a nursing intervention. The face validity study that was conducted via email revealed that the content of e-KTRC-BC was easy to use and understand. The e-KTRT-BC could be used as an e-education method to meet the breast cancer patients' knowledge needs. Evaluating the empowering effect of patient e-education with feedback is important for further development of e-education methods.
authors.affiliation: University of Turku, Department of Nursing Science, Hospital District of South-West Finland, Turku, Finland. mervi.siekkinen@tyks.fi
authors.forename: Mervi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siekkinen
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Leino-Kilpi
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014584:User-Computer Interface