Question

A group of nurses in an outpatient cancer treatment center were concerned about the extent to which they were addressing the emotions of husbands whose wives were undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. A literature review identified a gap in the literature: little was known about the emotional needs of husbands in this situation. A pencil-and-paper instrument measuring emotional status was identified that had been used in previous studies with men. The nurses designed a study to describe the emotional needs of husbands whose wives are undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. What demographic and treatment data would be important to collect?

Answer 1

#. Demographic data include :-

- Place they belong

- Financial situation

- Backup support they have to take the treatment

- General Appearance

Husband's dress,and hygiene level

- General Behavior

Husbands general activity level, posture, gait, and response to question

- Speech Pattern

The rate, tone, loudness, and quantity content

(Response too detailed, unable to complete questions, extreme distractibility)

- Content of Thought

The thinking: reality oriented, delusional, showing evidence of hallucinations, or showing evidence of ideas of reference or other non-reality based thinking

- Mood and Effect

Their overall feeling State and effect

- Sensorial Function

Their orientation, memory, attention, and ability to think abstractly

- Insight and Judgement

Whether they understands the current situation and what he individual is willing to do about it

#. Treatment data :-

- how many cycles of chemotherapys would be required

- how much will be the duration of therapy

- how munch will be the total cost of the therapy

- what will be the side effects and how to cope that