Decision-making preferences and information needs among Greek breast cancer patients
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Ημερομηνία
Συγγραφείς
Almyroudi, A.
Degner, L. F.
Paika, V.
Pavlidis, N.
Hyphantis, T.
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Εκδότης
Περίληψη
Τύπος
Είδος δημοσίευσης σε συνέδριο
Είδος περιοδικού
peer-reviewed
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Όνομα συνεδρίου
Όνομα περιοδικού
Psychooncology
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Έκδοση βιβλίου
Συμπληρωματικός/δευτερεύων τίτλος
Περιγραφή
OBJECTIVES: We aimed at assessing Greek breast cancer patients' preferences for participation in treatment decision making and their information needs. METHODS: In a cross-sectional study, 329 breast cancer patients were administered at the Control Preferences Scale, a card-sort measurement designed to elicit preferences for participation in decision making. Information needs were assessed with Cassileth's Information Styles Questionnaire. RESULTS: The majority of patients (71.1%) preferred to play a passive role in treatment decision making, with most of them wanting to delegate responsibility of the decision completely to their doctor (45.3%). A collaborative role was preferred by 24%, whereas only 4.6% chose an active role. Most women expressed a general desire for as much information as possible about their illness (62.6%), but a substantial proportion (37.4%) did not want detailed information; instead, they wished to avoid awareness of bad news. Women who desired less informational details and preferred a passive role requested less frequently a mammography (p<0.001) and/or Pap test (p<0.0005) prediagnostically. CONCLUSIONS: This study's findings showed that the proportion of patients who wanted to play a passive role in decision making is the highest reported compared to similar studies from other countries, indicating the impact of the dominating paternalistic model of the doctor-patient relationship in the Greek medical encounter. The association of desired information details and decision-making preferences with screening for cancer procedures prediagnostically highlights the significance of providing the patients with the appropriate information and the choices available for their treatment.
Περιγραφή
Λέξεις-κλειδιά
Age Factors, Aged, Breast Neoplasms/*psychology, Cross-Sectional Studies, *Decision Making, Female, Greece, Humans, *Information Seeking Behavior, Mammography/psychology, Middle Aged, Patient Participation/psychology, Patient Preference/psychology, Regression Analysis, Socioeconomic Factors, Vaginal Smears/psychology
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20623805
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/pon.1798/asset/1798_ftp.pdf?v=1&t=h0cfjzrl&s=03c35729eba715986fc9dfa58d3b092fb5334724
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/pon.1798/asset/1798_ftp.pdf?v=1&t=h0cfjzrl&s=03c35729eba715986fc9dfa58d3b092fb5334724
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en
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Γενική Περιγραφή / Σχόλια
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Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικής