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Improving cancer patients' knowledge about totally implantable access port: a randomized controlled trial.

Michela PireddaValentina BiagioliDiana GiannarelliDaniele IncletoliFrancesca GriecoMassimiliano CarassitiMaria Grazia De Marinis
Published in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2015)
The interventions provided resulted effective in decreasing patients' physiological indicators of anxiety immediately after TIAP implantation and improving patients' knowledge about TIAP immediately and at 3 months. Adding answers to clarification questions to the booklet was not more effective than the booklet alone. A well-designed booklet with attention both to scientific content and to communication techniques is useful in improving patients' knowledge about TIAP and reducing anxiety.
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