title: Information needs among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at their first hospital admission: priorities and correlates.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To better understand chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients' informational needs and associated factors using the Predisposing, Reinforcing and Enabling Causes in Educational Diagnosis and Evaluation model.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Despite the increase in the incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, little research has been carried out on the information needs from a patient perspective.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional, correlational design was used.
  
  
  METHODS
  A convenience sample of 107 subjects was recruited from four Taiwanese hospitals. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to identify the total informational needs and related factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Major findings were that (1) patients' top informational need was daily care, and (2) variables associated with the total information needs were younger age, greater health internal locus of control, less dyspnoea severity and greater social support.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients' perceived chronic obstructive pulmonary disease informational needs are not congruent with the information received from healthcare professionals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Healthcare professionals need to be sensitive to the fact that treatment-related information was not the top priority of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Healthcare professionals also need to target the special subpopulation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with greater total informational need to maximise educational impact.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology (CGUST), Chiayi, Taiwan; Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion Research Center, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology (CGUST), Chiayi, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Su-Er
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Chiung-Yu
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Hsin-Tien
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Hsu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003142:Communication; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000451:nursing*; D013624:Taiwan
keywords: chronic disease; health education; health locus of control; health needs; lung disease; patient perspective; patient teaching; self-care; self-management; social support