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Desire for Information and Preference for Participation in Treatment Decisions in Patients With Cancer Presenting to the Department of General Surgery in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India
PURPOSE: Providing appropriate information to patients about their illness helps them to cope with the diagnosis. Shared decision making is a key concept in managing patients with cancer. There are no data available about the desire for information and preference for participation in treatment decis...
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American Society of Clinical Oncology
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6223434/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30241243 http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/JGO.17.00144 |
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author | Sankar, Sushmitha Dharani Dhanapal, Baskaran Shankar, Gomathi Krishnaraj, Balamourougan Karra, Sandhya Natesan, Vignesh |
author_facet | Sankar, Sushmitha Dharani Dhanapal, Baskaran Shankar, Gomathi Krishnaraj, Balamourougan Karra, Sandhya Natesan, Vignesh |
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description | PURPOSE: Providing appropriate information to patients about their illness helps them to cope with the diagnosis. Shared decision making is a key concept in managing patients with cancer. There are no data available about the desire for information and preference for participation in treatment decisions among Indian patients with cancer. The objective of this study was to estimate the proportion of patients who have information needs and to study the patient preference for participation in treatment decisions and the factors associated with them. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among patients with cancer older than 18 years. They were interviewed with a questionnaire after signing an informed consent. The association of sex, educational level, residence, diagnosis (type of cancer), Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, and treatment status with information needs and decision-making preference was analyzed using χ(2) test RESULTS: Approximately 81% of patients said that they had an absolute need to know if the illness was cancer, and > 70% of patients either had an absolute need to know or would like to know about the prognosis, treatment options, and adverse effects. Regarding the decision-making preferences, 97% wanted their treating physicians to make the decision regarding their treatment, and 66% preferred to share decision making with their family. CONCLUSION: The majority of the patients with cancer expressed a need for knowing whether they had cancer. When it comes to treatment decisions, most of them preferred a passive role, and the majority wanted to involve their families in the decision-making process. We recommend that the treating physician should elicit the patient’s preference in participating in treatment decisions and their preference about involving their family in making treatment decisions |
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spelling | pubmed-62234342018-11-13 Desire for Information and Preference for Participation in Treatment Decisions in Patients With Cancer Presenting to the Department of General Surgery in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India Sankar, Sushmitha Dharani Dhanapal, Baskaran Shankar, Gomathi Krishnaraj, Balamourougan Karra, Sandhya Natesan, Vignesh J Glob Oncol Original Report PURPOSE: Providing appropriate information to patients about their illness helps them to cope with the diagnosis. Shared decision making is a key concept in managing patients with cancer. There are no data available about the desire for information and preference for participation in treatment decisions among Indian patients with cancer. The objective of this study was to estimate the proportion of patients who have information needs and to study the patient preference for participation in treatment decisions and the factors associated with them. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among patients with cancer older than 18 years. They were interviewed with a questionnaire after signing an informed consent. The association of sex, educational level, residence, diagnosis (type of cancer), Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, and treatment status with information needs and decision-making preference was analyzed using χ(2) test RESULTS: Approximately 81% of patients said that they had an absolute need to know if the illness was cancer, and > 70% of patients either had an absolute need to know or would like to know about the prognosis, treatment options, and adverse effects. Regarding the decision-making preferences, 97% wanted their treating physicians to make the decision regarding their treatment, and 66% preferred to share decision making with their family. CONCLUSION: The majority of the patients with cancer expressed a need for knowing whether they had cancer. When it comes to treatment decisions, most of them preferred a passive role, and the majority wanted to involve their families in the decision-making process. We recommend that the treating physician should elicit the patient’s preference in participating in treatment decisions and their preference about involving their family in making treatment decisions American Society of Clinical Oncology 2018-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6223434/ /pubmed/30241243 http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/JGO.17.00144 Text en © 2018 by American Society of Clinical Oncology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Original Report Sankar, Sushmitha Dharani Dhanapal, Baskaran Shankar, Gomathi Krishnaraj, Balamourougan Karra, Sandhya Natesan, Vignesh Desire for Information and Preference for Participation in Treatment Decisions in Patients With Cancer Presenting to the Department of General Surgery in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India |
title | Desire for Information and Preference for Participation in Treatment Decisions in Patients With Cancer Presenting to the Department of General Surgery in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India |
title_full | Desire for Information and Preference for Participation in Treatment Decisions in Patients With Cancer Presenting to the Department of General Surgery in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India |
title_fullStr | Desire for Information and Preference for Participation in Treatment Decisions in Patients With Cancer Presenting to the Department of General Surgery in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India |
title_full_unstemmed | Desire for Information and Preference for Participation in Treatment Decisions in Patients With Cancer Presenting to the Department of General Surgery in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India |
title_short | Desire for Information and Preference for Participation in Treatment Decisions in Patients With Cancer Presenting to the Department of General Surgery in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India |
title_sort | desire for information and preference for participation in treatment decisions in patients with cancer presenting to the department of general surgery in a tertiary care hospital in india |
topic | Original Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6223434/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30241243 http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/JGO.17.00144 |
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