Survey adult Oncology Patients’ Experiences, Knowledge, and Attitudes with Nursing Care given throughout Radiotherapy Treatment in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

There are few studies assessed the perception toward nursing practices during radiotherapy, and those too were based on females only. It is important to determine the needs of patients as perceived by themselves in order to achieve holistic approach to cancer treatment. Therefore, this study aims to assess the patients’ knowledge, attitudes, and experiences on radiation therapy, as well as to identify areas where they perceive they need more information about and how oncology nurses can help them in such. This study will fill in the gap in information regarding the patients’ perceived knowledge, attitudes and experiences on radiotherapy. The primary aim of this study is to assess Saudi adult oncology patients’ knowledge, attitudes, experiences, and needs with radiation therapy and identify factors affecting such. More specifically, this study will: Identify patients’ perception and their needs related to radiotherapy, explore their opinions of the quality of care given with their radiotherapy. Determine factors affecting participants ‘perceptions and opinions regarding the care given during radiotherapy and Correlate the participants’ demographic background with their perceptions and opinions in care given during radiotherapy. This research using survey questionnaires to explore Patients’ Experiences, Knowledge, and Attitudes with nursing care given throughout Radiotherapy Treatment. This work noticed that radiation therapy employs various applications of ionizing radiation in undermining the structure of cancer cells and treating tumours, whether by using radioactive isotopes and elements, or by generating high-energy radiation flux, and its shedding on tumour tissues and cells, with a view to permanently eliminating them, or reducing tumor mass to reduce Its effects are at the very least. control might reflect the in vivo activation for producing of these cytokines from cells.