Exploring patients' experience and perception of being diagnosed with bladder cancer: a mixed-methods approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine patient experience and perception following a diagnosis of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC).

Patient and methods

Patients were part of a prospective multicentre observational study recruiting patients with NMIBC for a urine biomarker study (DETECT II; ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02781428). A mixed-methods approach comprising: (i) the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (Brief-IPQ) and (ii) semi-structured interviews to explore patients' experience of having haematuria, and initial and subsequent experience with a NMIBC diagnosis. Both assessments were completed at 6 months after NMIBC diagnosis.

Results

A total of 213 patients completed the Brief-IPQ. Patients felt that they had minimal symptoms (median [interquartile range, IQR] score 2

SUBMITTER: Tan WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7318301 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature