The effects of multimedia education on illness uncertainty in women with breast cancer

Authors
sara sadat hosseini 1
Moosa Sajjadi 2
hossein ajam zibad 1
1 School of Nursing & Midwifery, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences
2 School of Nursing & Midwifery, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran
Abstract
Background and Objective: Patients with breast cancer experience a high level of mental stress, including uncertainty in the disease, since diagnosis and initiation of treatment, requiring effective training to manage it. Multimedia education is one of the most useful and flexible learning strategies for patients.

Materials and Methods: A randomized controlled clinical trial study was conducted on 60 patients with breast cancer referred to the clinic and kinetic cancer of Mashhad and Neishabour hospitals. The intervention group at home was provided with a compact educational card produced by the researcher, and no intervention was performed in the control group. The uncertainty questionnaire of Michel Persian version of the disease was completed before and 1 and 2 months after the intervention by two groups. Data were analyzed using SPSS software at a significant level of less than 5%.

Results: There was no significant difference in the uncertainty score in the two groups before the intervention (p = 0.42), but in one month after the intervention (p <0.001) and two months after the intervention (p <0.001) ) There was a significant difference between the two groups.

Conclusion: Multivariate education can be effective in reducing the uncertainty of women with breast cancer, and it is recommended that nurses and health care providers take advantage of this method to facilitate the process of patient education to reduce uncertainty.
Keywords
Uncertainty in disease
Breast Cancer
Multimedia education
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