TOXOPLASMOSIS SERO-EPIDEMIOLOGY IN MENTAL INVALIDS ESTIGATION OF CANCEROIUS PATIENT'S COMMUNICATION WITH NURSES IN IMAM KHOMEINI HOSPITAL, URMIA CITY, 1382

Cancer is an old disease that historically began along with medicine history
and causes the death of innumerable people every year in has prejudical effects on human
physical, affectional, intellectual Social and economical dimensions.
The nurses as persons having nearest contact with patients must be familiar with effective
communication therapy methods and apply them in eliminating patient's various difficulties.
Therefore the researchers decided to carry out a study in order to determination of cancer
patient communication with nursing staff of Urmia Imarn Khomeini Hospital, would that it
were a positive step in eliminating these patients problems.
Methods & Materials: In a descriptive study, all of the cancesous patients were chosen with
purposive sampling method. A questionnaire and descriptive statistics for data collection and
data analyzing, were used.
Result: The average'age was 26.5 years.From educational point of view, most of them
certified primary
education, 47.05% religionally most (%70.28) of the samples were Sunnites 70.28%. The
average illness and chemotherapy duration were 18.43 and 13.48 months, respectivehy. The
results showed that most (%58.82) of the research population had moderate communication
levels with their nurses.
Discussion: Diagnosing of cancer is a very stressful for patients and their fanfflies Paying
attention to the results that indicated "that most (I/o58.2) of the patients had moderate levels
of communication with their nurses: it is proposed for nurses to establish a near (eye to eye)
communication with patients for beginning an effective pace in reducation of their difficulties
and mental stresses