Health information literacy plays a critical role in self-management practices among patients living with chronic health conditions. However, there are limited studies on information needs among breast cancer patients in Ghana. This paper therefore investigated the information needs of women living with breast cancer in Ghana and how educational status influenced their information needs. The study was conducted in two health facilities in Accra, Ghana (37 Military Hospital and Sweden Ghana Medical Centre). A total of 75 breast cancer patients were conveniently selected from the two health facilities for the study. The instrument used to elicit relevant data for this study was a questionnaire using the survey design. Data was analysed descriptively. The findings of the study revealed that the information needs of the breast cancer patients investigated were centred mainly around treatment and management information and less around preventive information. The patients also ranked diagnostic information as their highest need, followed by physical care information, treatment information, psychosocial information and disease-specific information in that order. Patients with higher education reported higher information need on all the five domains compared to those with lower education. The study therefore recommended that management of health facilities make health information literacy an integral component of their treatment and management of breast cancer.

健康信息素养在患有慢性健康状况的患者的自我管理实践中起着至关重要的作用。但是，加纳的乳腺癌患者中有关信息需求的研究有限。因此，本文调查了加纳乳腺癌妇女的信息需求，以及教育程度如何影响其信息需求。该研究是在加纳阿克拉的两个医疗机构（37军医院和瑞典加纳医疗中心）进行的。方便地从两个卫生机构中选择了75名乳腺癌患者进行研究。用于获取本研究相关数据的工具是使用调查设计的问卷。对数据进行描述性分析。研究结果表明，所调查的乳腺癌患者的信息需求主要围绕治疗和管理信息，而较少涉及预防信息。患者还将诊断信息列为他们的最高需求，其次是身体护理信息，治疗信息，社会心理信息和特定疾病信息。与那些受教育程度较低的患者相比，受教育程度较高的患者报告在所有五个方面的信息需求都更高。因此，研究建议，医疗机构的管理应使健康信息素养成为其乳腺癌治疗和管理的组成部分。患者还将诊断信息列为他们的最高需求，其次是身体护理信息，治疗信息，社会心理信息和特定疾病信息。与那些受教育程度较低的患者相比，受教育程度较高的患者报告在所有五个方面的信息需求都更高。因此，研究建议，医疗机构的管理应使健康信息素养成为其乳腺癌治疗和管理的组成部分。患者还将诊断信息列为他们的最高需求，其次是身体护理信息，治疗信息，社会心理信息和特定疾病信息。与那些受教育程度较低的患者相比，受教育程度较高的患者报告在所有五个方面的信息需求都更高。因此，研究建议，医疗机构的管理应使健康信息素养成为其乳腺癌治疗和管理的组成部分。