Panel Question Review Flashcards
Why and what motivated you to conduct this study ?
- Existence of Cancer as a Feared Disease
- Early Onset of Cancer Diagnosis on Patients Aged 18-49 (Katella et. al., 2024)
- Contribute / Fill in to the Deficiency of Local Studies Regarding Carcinophobia
How will you measure carcinophobia ?
Through the use of IMPACT-BASED QUESTIONS that determines how our chosen population is affected by carcinophobia by degree
This hence allows MEASUREMENT and UNDERSTANDING of outcomes brought upon by the fear of cancer.
Why did you choose to study about carcinophobia and not cancer itself ?
- To precisely elaborate carcinophobia as a correspondingly occurring health concern.
- To provide clarity and academic validation of carcinophobia being a likely cause of choices within a person’s mental well-being and daily physical activities.
(BONUS Study: To verify and provide reason to the findings of Yang that “the fear of cancer is more dangerous than having cancer itself”)
Why is it important to study the effects/impact of carcinophobia on mental well-being and daily physical activities ?
To provide a TIMELY INTELLECTUAL FRAMEWORK to be used as basis in developing / strengthening support systems for those with fear of cancer and maintain the improvement of the quality of life without worrying much about cancer.
Can you summarize the arguments/findings of your introduction?
Cancer is considered as one of the deadliest diseases in the world. This disease is feared, especially which leads us to raise doubts and concerns, affecting willingness to undertake medical exams and have us put change into our lives.
What do you mean by “depression without depression” ?
A summarized descriptive term from Azamavtona in 2022 to collectively remark what happens during carcinophobia.
It pertains to chronic disease patients experiencing newly developed depression without exactly being diagnosed with depression initially.
Why do you desire to look for additional data on carcinophobia if by your existing literature, carcinophobia is subjective and can be answered already ?
To seek and unfold diversity in what medical students think and do when they are afraid of cancer.
To garner additional information from the Philippines and contribute to source deficiency on studies for this matter of concern.
How does your study address gaps in existing literature on carcinophobia?
The study BRIDGES THE GAPS of our existing literature through FINDING MORE ANSWERS FROM MEDICAL STUDENTS LOCALLY at particularly, Emilio Aguinaldo College Cavite, as means of filling in the blanks to what individuals with no exact diagnosis of cancer think or do when they are afraid of cancer.
Can you summarize the arguments/findings of the background of your study ?
Carcinophobia is already observed globally over time. For this category, the researchers have considered numerous studies detailing statistics about cancer, the definition of carcinophobia, related studies between carcinophobia and mental well-being, and connected studies between carcinophobia and daily life activities.
The said number of studies speak three common denominators, namely: Anxiety, Medical Screening Refusal, Social Isolation, all affecting the quality of life of patients and their companions.
Can you please elaborate the components and flow of your operational framework ?
Independent Variable: Carcinophobia
Dependent Variables: Mental Well-being and Daily Physical Activities
RATIONALE:
- Carcinophobia solely stands as the fear of cancer that is being measured and assessed to impose an impact towards a medical student’s Mental Well-being and Daily Physical Activities
With your fourth statement of the problem, why would you need to determine a significant difference between your dependent variables ?
The researchers would like to assess and determine three things on this matter:
- Particular Impact
- Ideas for Intervention
- Improvement of Quality of Life (QOL)
How did you categorize the components of the statement of the problem, particularly those under mental well-being and daily physical activities ?
Each sub-component provided in our respectively stated problems are REFERRED from our garnered existing literature (RRL), duly categorized as either pertaining to mental well-being or daily physical activities.
What are the specific objectives of your study, and how do they align with your statement of the problem?
- To precisely elaborate carcinophobia as an occurring health concern among medical students in EACC
- To determine perspectives regarding cancer history, knowledge, or diagnosis.
- To extract insights made possible by developed anxiety from carcinophobia
- To clarify what daily physical adjustments are made if there is carcinophobia
- To verify influence of family history or personal diagnosis on experiencing carcinophobia
- To provide coping strategies in maintaining personal stability when being afraid of cancer.
- To gain a thorough understanding of carcinophobia in the academe.
- All of these objectives are hence to address the researchers’ stated problems as a solution.
What makes medical students a relevant population for studying the effects of carcinophobia?
Precision of knowledge on cancer
Why have you limited your study to revolve only around medical students and not include students from other courses apart from your chosen cluster ? What difference does it make if they are all equally afraid of cancer in practicality ?
- Choosing medical students assures VALIDITY, RELIABILITY, and ALIGNMENT with the study’s criteria and content. Non-medical students may offer data LIMITED TO GENERAL KNOWLEDGE that may be a conflict in guaranteeing data understanding and accuracy.
- Choosing medical students allows the researchers to efficiently make use of their resources, particularly time, effort, and resources to be utilized for the gathering of data
What kind of difference would you make among other studies about carcinophobia if these are not patients that you will be performing the study with ?
- Provider-centered than Patient-centered
- Introduction of FRESHER PERSPECTIVES with influences from the likes of lessons in the academe which may be overlooked in traditional patient-centered carcinophobia studies
With your garnered sample size, what type of sampling would you use ? Why did you choose that type of sampling ?
CONVENIENCE SAMPLING
Definition: A sampling technique in consideration of the availability of respondents (Golzar et. al., 2022)
Reason:
- Opportune, cost-effective, and quicker step in accumulating respondents.
- Promotes DIVERSITY and OPPORTUNITY for respondents to speak themselves which will subsequently benefit the study to be more expanded and precise
What limitations did you encounter, and how did you address them?
Limitations: Limited Number of Respondents
Solution:
- Carefully deriving the population of medical students in EACC
- Programmed response transitions for the questionnaire
What are your STATED PROBLEMS in your study ?
- What is the demographic profile of respondents in terms of: NAME, AGE, SEX, YEAR LEVEL, FAMILY HISTORY OF CANCER, FAMILY HISTORY OF ANXIETY
- What are the mental well-being effects of carcinophobia among medical students in EACC ?
- What are the effects of Carcinophobia in daily life activities among medical students in EACC ?
- Is there a significant difference between the mental well-being and daily life activities among the medical students in EACC.
Do you consider your study to be timely and relevant ? Why ?
Yes, our study is relevant.
This study will serve as an intellectual framework intended for the expansion of knowledge regarding carcinophobia among individuals such as:
MEDICAL STUDENTS
EDUCATORS
ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSORS
GUIDANCE COUNSELORS
ADMINISTRATORS (SCHOOL)
FAMILIES
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
ONCOLOGISTS
RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS
RESEARCHERS
FUTURE RESEARCHERS
How will you assure the validity and reliability of your questionnaire?
- Questionnaire validation from professionals
- Pilot Testing with participants outside the desired respondents of the study (15)
- Cronbach’s Alpha Reliability Test (Used to assess the answered questionnaire’s internal consistency to determine its validity and reliability)
What are the SIX (6) SECTIONS OF YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE ?
- Informed Consent
- Demographic Profile
- Carcinophobia
- Mental-well Being Effects of Carcinophobia
- Daily Life Activity Effects of Carcinophobia
- Final Assessment
