title: Patient educational needs of patients undergoing surgery for lung cancer.
abstract: There often exists a discrepancy between the information health care professionals (HCPs) provide to patients in preoperative teaching sessions and the information patients perceive as important. This study's purpose was to determine what information patients undergoing a lung cancer surgical resection wanted to learn before and after their surgery and also to uncover the information HCPs currently provide to these patients. Ten patients were interviewed preoperatively and postoperatively, and eleven HCPs involved in both their preoperative and postoperative care were interviewed. Emerging themes were noted. Patients reported that the most helpful aspects of the preoperative education included surgical details and the importance of physiotherapy, including exercises. Postoperatively, patients wished they had known more about postoperative pain. HCPs provided information that they felt prepared, informed and empowered their patients. Overall, patients expressed satisfaction with the information they received; they felt prepared for their surgery but not for postoperative pain control.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Physiotherapy, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6 N5, Canada, jking@uottawa.ca.
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chamberland
authors.forename: Anissa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rawji
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ager
authors.forename: Renée
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Léger
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Michaels
authors.forename: Renée
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Poitras
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Skelton
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Warren
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011300:Preoperative Care
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