Relationship between Provider Communication Behaviors and the Quality of Life for Patients with Advanced Cancer in Saudi Arabia
<b>Context:</b> Patients with advanced cancer from Saudi Arabia are often not well informed about diagnoses, prognoses, and treatment options. Poor communication can lead to health-care decisions that insufficiently meet patients’ preferences, concerns, and needs and that subsequently af...
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| description | <b>Context:</b> Patients with advanced cancer from Saudi Arabia are often not well informed about diagnoses, prognoses, and treatment options. Poor communication can lead to health-care decisions that insufficiently meet patients’ preferences, concerns, and needs and that subsequently affect patients’ quality of life. <b>Objectives:</b> The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between provider communication behaviors and the quality of life of patients with advanced cancer. <b>Method:</b> A cross-sectional, correlation design was used in the present study, in which 159 patients with confirmed diagnoses of stage III or IV solid cancer were surveyed. <b>Results:</b> The mean summary score of the patients’ quality of life was 57.31. We found a significant relationship between provider communication behaviors and patient quality of life (β = 0.18, b = 0.35, SE = 0.15, <i>p</i> = 0.021). In addition, R2 shows that only 3.4% of variance in patient quality of life is predicated on provider communication behaviors. <b>Conclusions:</b> The relationship between provider communication behaviors and patient quality of life was low (<i>r</i> = 0.18). A possible reason for this is that provider communication behaviors are not the only factor that affects patient quality of life; other variables, such as the patient’s age, cancer type, and level of awareness, can also have an effect. Another possible explanation is that communication behaviors between patients and providers may vary depending on the level of cultural contact. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-83b7066572154c338ac7a60d06775f602023-11-22T11:29:27ZengMDPI AGCurrent Oncology1198-00521718-77292021-07-012842893290110.3390/curroncol28040253Relationship between Provider Communication Behaviors and the Quality of Life for Patients with Advanced Cancer in Saudi ArabiaAisha Alhofaian0Amy Zhang1Faye A. Gary2Medical Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, King Abdul Aziz University, P.O. Box. 80209, Jeddah 21589, Saudi ArabiaFrances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106, USAFrances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106, USA<b>Context:</b> Patients with advanced cancer from Saudi Arabia are often not well informed about diagnoses, prognoses, and treatment options. Poor communication can lead to health-care decisions that insufficiently meet patients’ preferences, concerns, and needs and that subsequently affect patients’ quality of life. <b>Objectives:</b> The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between provider communication behaviors and the quality of life of patients with advanced cancer. <b>Method:</b> A cross-sectional, correlation design was used in the present study, in which 159 patients with confirmed diagnoses of stage III or IV solid cancer were surveyed. <b>Results:</b> The mean summary score of the patients’ quality of life was 57.31. We found a significant relationship between provider communication behaviors and patient quality of life (β = 0.18, b = 0.35, SE = 0.15, <i>p</i> = 0.021). In addition, R2 shows that only 3.4% of variance in patient quality of life is predicated on provider communication behaviors. <b>Conclusions:</b> The relationship between provider communication behaviors and patient quality of life was low (<i>r</i> = 0.18). A possible reason for this is that provider communication behaviors are not the only factor that affects patient quality of life; other variables, such as the patient’s age, cancer type, and level of awareness, can also have an effect. Another possible explanation is that communication behaviors between patients and providers may vary depending on the level of cultural contact.https://www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/28/4/253provider communication behaviorquality of lifecancerSaudi Arabia |
| spellingShingle | Aisha Alhofaian Amy Zhang Faye A. Gary Relationship between Provider Communication Behaviors and the Quality of Life for Patients with Advanced Cancer in Saudi Arabia Current Oncology provider communication behavior quality of life cancer Saudi Arabia |
| title | Relationship between Provider Communication Behaviors and the Quality of Life for Patients with Advanced Cancer in Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | Relationship between Provider Communication Behaviors and the Quality of Life for Patients with Advanced Cancer in Saudi Arabia |
| title_fullStr | Relationship between Provider Communication Behaviors and the Quality of Life for Patients with Advanced Cancer in Saudi Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationship between Provider Communication Behaviors and the Quality of Life for Patients with Advanced Cancer in Saudi Arabia |
| title_short | Relationship between Provider Communication Behaviors and the Quality of Life for Patients with Advanced Cancer in Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | relationship between provider communication behaviors and the quality of life for patients with advanced cancer in saudi arabia |
| topic | provider communication behavior quality of life cancer Saudi Arabia |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/28/4/253 |
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