Research Article
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 |
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