A proposed Hea
A proposed Health Needs
Assessment approach to breast cancer service development in Saudi Arabia:
Preparation of a patient-centred tool.
Wafa Nichols1, Samia M. Al-Amoudi2 Hasna Banjar3 Shadia
A. Yousuf3
1FAMS-MLT,
King Abdulaziz University Jeddah Saudi Arabia
2Department
of Obstetric and Gyecology, Faculty of Medicine King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah Saudi Arabia
3Department
of Public Health, Faculty of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah Saudi Arabia
Abstract: Background: Assessing
the psychosocial, physical, and informational needs of any population of
patients, and their perception on how these needs are being met, is an
essential to planning an effective, comprehensive patient-centred cancer
support program. However, to our knowledge, no patient-centered community
health needs assessment of breast cancer patients has been performed in Saudi
Arabia. The aim of this study is to develop a culturally valid, health needs
assessment tool for use with the local breast cancer community. Methods: Data
driven inductive thematic analysis of recorded semi structured interviews of
local breast cancer patients was performed. The resulting identified themes
were compared to themes present in existing tools and the extent of congruency
compared. Results: From the shortlist of published needs
assessment tools, "Cancer Survivor Unmet Needs" and "Supportive
Care Needs Survey- Short Form" have been demonstrated to have a highest
degree (8/10) of congruency with the themes identified by the local study
group; and the "Cancer Survivor Unmet Needs" assessment tool was the
best suited in overall format.Conclusion: The selected tool,
"Cancer Survivor Unmet Needs", with the suggested modifications, has
the necessary overall congruency of content to be developed as a tool for the
service needs assessment of Saudi Breast Cancer Patients; establishing content
validity helps ensure that the final health needs assessment tool is both
comprehensive and culturally appropriate. A large-scale survey, using such a
tool, would facilitate a patient centered approach to service development and
provide an operational blueprint for possible future breast cancer service
development projects in Saudi Arabia.
[Wafa Nichols, Samia M. Al-Amoudi Hasna
Banjar Shadia Yousuf MN. A
proposed Health Needs Assessment approach to breast cancer service development
in Saudi Arabia: Preparation of a patient-centred tool. Life Sci J 2013;10(1):463-468]
(ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 73
Keywords: breast cancer, needs assessment, patient centered,
quality of life, inductive thematic analysis. Full Text 73
