title: Perception and satisfaction with the information received during the medical care process in patients with prostate cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the perception and degree of satisfaction of Spanish patients with prostate cancer (PC) concerning the information received during the medical care process.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analysed information on the perception of the medical care process of 591 patients with PC who attended a consultation. We also studied their degree of participation in decision making and the association between perceived satisfaction and the demographic and clinical variables, both of patients and specialists.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Some 90.2% of the patients stated that they had received, mainly from the urologist, an appropriate amount of information about the disease. More than 80% of the patients were satisfied with the information received at the time of diagnosis. Some 70.3% of the patients stated that they better accepted the disease thanks to the information provided, and 60.5% believed that they had a better ability to resolve problems. Some 90.4% of the patients considered that the time provided by the specialist was appropriate. Some 62.5% of the patients participated in making decisions about their disease and treatment. Age (both of the patient and specialist), the extent of the disease, the time dedicated by the specialist and the type of centre were factors that had a significant association (P<.05) with the satisfaction achieved.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The perception and degree of satisfaction that Spanish patients with PC have of the information received during the medical care process is good and is paralleled by a high degree of active participation in the therapeutic decision making process.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología. Hospital Morales Meseguer, Cátedra de Urología, UCAM, Universidad Católica San Antonio, Murcia. Electronic address: bernardino.minana@me.com.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Miñana López
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cánovas Tomás
authors.affiliation: Departamento Médico, Astellas Pharma, S.A., Madrid, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cantalapiedra Escolar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010358:Patient Participation; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Cáncer de próstata; Medical care process; Percepción; Perception; Proceso de atención; Prostate cancer; Satisfacción; Satisfaction