Predicting attendance of cancer patients: Care in general practice
Objective: To examine the role of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) in influencing patients’ intention to attend follow-up visits with a general practitioner (GP). Methods: A questionnaire based on the TPB was used to assess colorectal cancer (CRC) patients’ intention to attend follow-up visits w...
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| author | Ngune, Irene Jiwa, Moyez McManus, Alexandra Parsons, Richard Hodder, R. |
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| description | Objective: To examine the role of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) in influencing patients’ intention to attend follow-up visits with a general practitioner (GP). Methods: A questionnaire based on the TPB was used to assess colorectal cancer (CRC) patients’ intention to attend follow-up visits with a GP. Results: TPB factors accounted for 43.3% of the variance of intention for follow-up visits. Attitude alone explained 23.3% of the variance. Attitude and presence of other comorbidities significantly affected intention to visit a GP (attitude: R2=0.23, F [1, 65]=4.35, p < .01; comorbidity: R2=0.13, F [1, 65]=3.02, p < .05). Conclusion: Patients who believe their GP has the skills and knowledge to detect a recurrence and patients with other comorbidities have greater intention to visit their GP following treatment. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-436622020-09-18T02:38:01Z Predicting attendance of cancer patients: Care in general practice Ngune, Irene Jiwa, Moyez McManus, Alexandra Parsons, Richard Hodder, R. primary care theory of planned behaviour colorectal cancer Objective: To examine the role of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) in influencing patients’ intention to attend follow-up visits with a general practitioner (GP). Methods: A questionnaire based on the TPB was used to assess colorectal cancer (CRC) patients’ intention to attend follow-up visits with a GP. Results: TPB factors accounted for 43.3% of the variance of intention for follow-up visits. Attitude alone explained 23.3% of the variance. Attitude and presence of other comorbidities significantly affected intention to visit a GP (attitude: R2=0.23, F [1, 65]=4.35, p < .01; comorbidity: R2=0.13, F [1, 65]=3.02, p < .05). Conclusion: Patients who believe their GP has the skills and knowledge to detect a recurrence and patients with other comorbidities have greater intention to visit their GP following treatment. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43662 10.5993/AJHB.39.2.2 PNG Publications restricted |
| spellingShingle | primary care theory of planned behaviour colorectal cancer Ngune, Irene Jiwa, Moyez McManus, Alexandra Parsons, Richard Hodder, R. Predicting attendance of cancer patients: Care in general practice |
| title | Predicting attendance of cancer patients: Care in general practice |
| title_full | Predicting attendance of cancer patients: Care in general practice |
| title_fullStr | Predicting attendance of cancer patients: Care in general practice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predicting attendance of cancer patients: Care in general practice |
| title_short | Predicting attendance of cancer patients: Care in general practice |
| title_sort | predicting attendance of cancer patients: care in general practice |
| topic | primary care theory of planned behaviour colorectal cancer |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43662 |