Common knowledge of leukemia among the youth and their attitude to the diagnosed disease

Połocka-Molińska M, Krauss H, Ignyś, Osmólska A

Purpose: The aim of the study is to evaluate common knowledge shared by leukemia patients aged 12-18 yrs and to determine their attitude to the diagnosed disease. 
Material and method: The study group consisted 30 of youth aged 12-18 yrs with diagnosed leukemia, which expressed agreement on participation in investigation. The study employed an own questionnaire entitled: “Common Knowledge of Leukemia among Youth and Their Attitudes to the Diagnosed Disease”.  
Results: Results passed of investigations one surrendered to analysis and one introduced inform of diagrams. Talked over results of investigations summed up are discussion and conclusions. Discussion achieves results of own investigations to these passed by Binnbesela’s and of relating current knowledge about new-coined word disease among young people from 12 to 18 year of life, contains also considerations relating situation in which one is found young people with recognized leukemia. 
Conclusions: The level of knowledge about leukemia in 12-18-year-old patients is highest in 18-year-old respondents. There is no dependence between the time lapse from the moment of diagnosis and the increase of knowledge on the subject. The attitude of young leukemia patients to their own disease does not change with the time lapse from the moment of diagnosis.