en Community Health Community Health Original Research Original Research <p> <strong>Abstract</strong></p><p> <strong>Background:</strong> Effective patient–professional communication can be of crucial</p><p> importance to long-term psycho-social outcomes in patients with cancer. A cross sectional</p><p> study was conducted to examine cancer patients' satisfaction with regard to</p><p> various aspects of communication and information given by nurses.</p><p> <strong>Methods:</strong> A proportional stratified sampling method was done and data collected</p><p> via face-to-face interview based on a validated Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire</p><p> (PSQ) during a 3 month period. A total of 384 patients aged 14 years old and above</p><p> were selected.</p><p> <strong>Results:</strong> The majority of respondents were males (52.3%) and married (66.4%),</p><p> working (52.6%) and age group 45-54 year (26.6%) with secondary education level</p><p> (44.8%), and 53.1% of them admitted at teaching hospitals of government A University</p><p> of Medical Science. The findings revealed that a vast majority of respondents</p><p> (81.5%) were satisfied with communication and information given by nurses, while</p><p> the others (18.5%) not. There was significant relationship between patients’</p><p> satisfaction and age group (p ≤ 0.05). Also, the age groups of 15-44 years old and</p><p> married patients were the best predictors for level of cancer patients’ satisfaction</p><p> with communication, and information given by nurses.</p><p> <strong>Conclusion: </strong>Key findings are a number of issues with regard to information and</p><p> communication which can be clearly improved within teaching hospitals of in</p><p> Tehran city. The study concluded that patient– professional communication should</p><p> be tailored to meet individual need.</p> Communication, information given by nurse, patient satisfaction, cancer, Iran. 212 220 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-129&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mehrnoosh Akhtari-Zavare 20031947532846001344 20031947532846001344 No Mohd Yunus Abdullah 20031947532846001345 20031947532846001345 No Syed Tajuddin Syed Hassan 20031947532846001346 20031947532846001346 No Salmiah Binti Said 20031947532846001347 20031947532846001347 No Mohammad Kamali mokamali@tums.ac.ir 20031947532846001348 20031947532846001348 Yes