Effectiveness of Teach-Back Self-Management Training Program on Happiness of Breast Cancer Patients

Abstract

<br /> <span style="font-size: small;">Self-management training is one of the ways to empower patients to cope with disease. The aim of this before-and-after quasi-experimental study was to determine effects of a teach-back self-management training method on breast cancer patient happiness. Fifty breast cancer patients who visited the Park-e Neshat Limited Surgery Clinic in Kerman, Iran were randomly divided into intervention and control groups after convenience sampling and checking for inclusion eligibility. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and the Oxford Happiness Inventory before and </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: small;">after teach-back training and analyzed using SPSS 23. Findings showed no significant difference between mean </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">happiness scores in the two groups before the intervention. However, after the intervention, the mean happiness score in the intervention group increased from 37.2 to 62.9, while it decreased from 41.4 to 29.8 in the control group. These </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: small;">changes were statistically significant (p<0.001). Even after controlling for the effect of confounding factors such as </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">residence location and history of cancer education, the observed differences between the groups were statistically </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: small;">significant (p<0.001). A teach-back self-management training program can increase happiness levels in breast cancer </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">patients. Therefore, the use of this method is recommended to improve self-management and increase happiness. </span>