Survey and analysis of the demand of peer support in tumor patients

VernacularTitle:肿瘤患者同伴支持需求度的调查分析
Author: Lushan CHENG ¹ ; Yiqing CHEN ; Juan QIAN ; Qian CHAO
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1. 200120 上海，同济大学附属东方医院肿瘤血液科
Keywords: Tumor patients; Peer support; Requirement
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2016;22(26):3738-3741
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the demand of peer support in tumor patients, to provide the basis for the construction and improvement of peer support systems for cancer patients. Methods Self-designed questionnaire was used to investigate the demand of peer support in 94 tumor patients.Results Results showed that among the 94 patients surveyed, 46. 8% of them had received peer support; up to 77. 6% of the patients were willing to accept peer support; three aspects of patients′ demand for peer support in a descending order were emotional demand ( 72. 34%) , information demand ( 68. 9%) and evaluation requirements ( 56. 6%) . Conclusions Tumor patients need peer support, and peer support development has a broader space.