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Randomized Trial of a Patient Decision Aid for Choice of Surgical Treatment for Breast Cancer
Abstract
A decision aid for the surgical treatment of early breast cancer was evaluated in a randomized controlled trial. The decision aid, a tape and workbook, includes explicit presentation of probabilities, photographs and graphics, and a values clarification exercise. Community surgeons were randomized to use the decision aid or a control pamphlet. Patients completed a questionnaire prior to using the decision aid, after reviewing it but prior to surgery, and 6 months after enrollment. There was no difference in anxiety, knowledge, or decisional regret across the 2 groups. There was a nonsignificant trend toward lower decisional conflict in the decision aid group. A subgroup of women who were initially leaning toward mastectomy or were unsure had lower decisional conflict. Although the decision aid had minimal impact on the main study outcomes, a subgroup may have benefited. Such subgroups should be identified, and appropriate decision support interventions should be developed and evaluated.
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“A second criticism has been that anxiety may be increased through the use of shared decision making.(26,28) Anxiety was high at baseline, consistent with previous studies of newly diagnosed cancer and surgical patients.”
ResultPatient participation in deciding breast cancer treatment and subsequent quality of life
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- Goel, V., Sawka, C. A., Thiel, E. C., Gort, E. H., & O’Connor, A. M.
- Venue
- Medical Decision Making
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2001-02
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-6
- ISSN
- 0272-989X (ISSN-L)
- 1552-681X
- OpenAlex
- W2074177020
- Cited by
- 185
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 24.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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