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ArticleHealth psychology open

Empowerment from patient's and caregiver's perspective in cancer care.

Chiara Marzorati, Luca Bailo, Ketti Mazzocco, Gabriella Pravettoni

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Article in Health psychology open. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Chiara MarzoratiDepartment of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Luca BailoApplied Research Division for Cognitive and Psychological Science, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
Ketti MazzoccoDepartment of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Gabriella PravettoniDepartment of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The caregivers' perceptions of the patients' health condition may be biased and induce them to perceive higher needs than patients actually disclose. Our aim was to assess if the level of knowledge and awareness about cancer disease and treatment, and patient participation and assistance differs between caregivers and patients. A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted across five countries (Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, France and Germany) on a total of 510 participants who directly (patient) or indirectly (caregiver) faced a cancer diagnosis. Investigating this divergence could help to identify possible difficulties in patient-caregiver relationship, eventually improving patient empowerment.

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health surveysneoplasmpatient participationproxypsycho-oncology

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PMID30619617
PMCPMC6299910

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