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S W Sørbye

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PubMed1998

[Cancer patients' perception of the examination period prior to treatment].

From July 1990 to July 1991 252 cancer patients admitted consecutively to the Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Tromsø, were included in a questionnaire-based study. The aim of the study was to examine the delays involved in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The study also focused on the psychological distress related to these periods of delay. A significant correlation between psychological distress and the actual length of delay (weeks) was revealed (p < 0.01). psychological distress was also correlated positively to the degree of depression (p < 0.01). Women found delays more distressing than men (p < 0.01). Patients from the northern areas (Troms and Finnmark counties) considered a cancer unit in Northern Norway to be of greater importance than those living in the southern area (Nordland county).

Adult↗
PubMed1995

Nursing students' attitudes towards assisted suicide and euthanasia--a study from four different schools of nursing.

In 1991/92, 289 students from four different schools of nursing in Norway participated in a case-related attitudes test. The nursing students answered questions concerning their personal views on the moral and legal implications of either assisting suicide or performing euthanasia. They also indicated whether they themselves were willing to perform these acts. The results were compared with responses from a study on students from other faculties in 1988. The findings suggested that nursing students were significantly (p < 0.0005) more restrictive than the other students in their attitudes towards voluntary active euthanasia (VAE). Factors that influenced the nursing students' attitudes towards VAE were measured by the index of VAE. Religious belief (p < 0.0001), conservative political view (p < 0.01), and the perception of life as meaningful (p < 0.02) were the best predictors of the dependent variable.

Adult↗
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Diagnostic delay causes more psychological distress in female than in male cancer patients.

From July 1990 to July 1991, 263 consecutive cancer patients admitted to our oncological unit for the first time were invited to participate in a questionnaire based study. 252 patients responded and were included in the final analysis. The aim of the survey was to examine the delays involved in diagnosis and treatment of cancer and the possible psychological distress associated to the different periods of delay. A shorter patient delay was found among patients under the age of 30 years (P < 0.005). Patients with higher education had a significantly shorter delay from the time of contact with the GP to admittance to the local hospital (P <0.005). The diagnostic delay was reported to be significantly more distressing for females compared to males (P <0.05). The reported psychological distress, however, correlated positively to the actual length of total delay (P<0.005) for both sexes. All patients reported that the delay between local hospital referral and admittance to the oncological unit to be the most distressing delay period to cope with.

Adolescent↗