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The Assessment Level of Self-disclosure in Jordan: A Case of Cancer Patients Treated at King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC) |
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PP: 11-20 |
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Jamal Abu-Doleh,
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Abstract |
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| This study aims to identify the assessment level of self-disclosure at the King Hussein Cancer patients and the extent of the presence of this kind of communication with the medical team providing the service. It also aims to find out the benefits of using the self-disclosure concept, and the main obstacles that reduce the concept of self-disclosure among cancer patients at the King Hussein Cancer Center. A questionnaire based data gathering technique, des The results of the study showed that on the overall scale self-disclosure level among cancer patients at Al Hussein Cancer Center was moderate; while patient self-disclosure to doctor had the highest rating; followed by self-disclosure to nurse and finally to other cancer patients which had the least self-disclosure rating. Also, results indicated that the degree of self-disclosure related to cancer disease in general was higher than self-disclosure of personal issues on all dimensions of the study.
In addition, results revealed no statistically significant differences at the level (α ≤ 0.05) of self-disclosure among patients at King Hussein Cancer attributed to the following variables of the study (gender, age, cancer type, length of disease, and length of treatment). Also, results revealed that self-disclosure practice had a high influence on decreasing fear and anxiety feelings, increasing patient self-awareness, increasing patient self-confidence, strengthening the interrelationship between patients and medical professionals providing the service and fast response to medication by patient among cancer patients at Al Hussein Cancer Center. In addition, results related to hindrances precluding self-disclosure among patients at Al Hussein Cancer Center indicated that only one item was rated with moderate degree of significance "Disease diffuses rate and development". The other hindrances were rated at a low significance degree. criptive, and analytical analyses are used.
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