Research Article

Strategies to Promote Empowerment Status of Breast Cancer Women

Table 3

Mean scores of dimensions of empowerment of the studied breast cancer patients.

DimensionsMeanSD

1Recourses3.420.82
2Information3.330.95
3Participation in decision-making3.251.09
4Family support4.280.57
5Support of friends3.780.99
6Interaction with the physician4.360.53
7Patient perception of the physician’s ability to manage the disease3.200.57
8Patient perception of health professionals’ willingness to let him/her participate in decision-making2.531.03
9Complementary therapies1.930.88
10Spiritual beliefs4.190.88
11Acceptance and adaptation to disease4.150.66
12Patient perception of usefulness to friends3.990.83
13Patient perception of usefulness to family4.130.67
14Having a job3.521.30
Total3.580.41