Effectiveness of video assisted health education program on self efficacy and wellbeing of patients undergoing chemotherapy at Tertiary cancer center

A diagnosis of cancer is frightening to most people, though reactions might vary depending on the specific diagnosis, location, stage, therapy, impact on bodily functioning, and prognosis. Anxiety and depression are severe co-morbidities that cancer patients regularly endure, and they may reduce survival time. Even though each patient may have unique information preferences and coping processes, giving patients information and social support may enhance their psychological well-being. Information-seeking behaviors must be taken into consideration when presenting information because the majority of cancer patients want as much information as possible. There is increasing evidence to suggest that patients with cancer require more information about their disease and its consequences than they receive. In an attempt to address these needs, a variety of methods have been used to facilitate the passage of information from health professionals and other cancer information sources to cancer patients and their families. In this study, a systematically designed health education video that will focus on the multidimensional approaches to improve self-efficacy and well-being in patients receiving chemotherapy will be developed by the investigator and validated by experts before being administered to the patient.

The health education video will be developed based on available data on chemotherapy that had previously been identified in the same setting by the investigator. The video will include a multidimensional approach to improve wellbeing & self-efficacy consisting of Physical, Social, Emotional/ Spiritual and Functional aspects of self-care of the patient receiving chemotherapy and prior to the development of the video, the content of the video will be validated by a minimum of 5 subject experts. The video will be developed with the support of Arena Animation training center and a copy will be submitted to IEC for review. A sampling frame will be created by the investigator prior to the data collection, and the sample will be selected through a simple random method and assigned to the experimental group & control group randomly. The investigator will give the participants a brief explanation of the necessity and goal of the study before they sign the consent form. Pretests will be conducted from the experimental & control group, after the experimental group will be explained the content of the health education video by the investigator and the participant’s queries will be addressed during the initial session. A copy of the health education video will also be shared with the participants of the experimental group while the control group will receive information as routine, and then the post-test will be conducted when participants come for the next cycle of chemotherapy after 21 days. The data will be gathered using the Symptom-Management Self-Efficacy Scale-Breast Cancer (SMSES-BC) 13, a standardized instrument, and The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – General (FACT-G).