Strategies to Promote Empowerment Status of Breast Cancer Women

Table 4

The unacceptable status of empowerment items for the studied breast cancer patients.

Items	Mean	Status
I have enough resources to manage my disease.	2.95	Unacceptable
I have access to all the information needed to manage my disease.	3.30	Unacceptable
The information I have is related to my disease.	3.31	Unacceptable
I want to be involved in decisions related to my disease.	3.18	Unacceptable
I am able to make decisions om my disease.	3.27	Unacceptable
My physician is able to manage my disease outside the hospital (my physician can follow up my disease outside the hospital).	1.99	Unacceptable
Health professionals welcome my involvement in making decisions on my disease.	2.29	Unacceptable
I am able to assist health professionals in making decisions on my disease.	2.70	Unacceptable
I use complementary therapies (such as traditional medicine or rehabilitation).	1.87	Unacceptable
Complementary therapies help me cope with my disease (complementary therapies such as traditional medicine or rehabilitation).	1.95	Unacceptable
Although I have lost my job, I still feel useful.	2.65	Unacceptable