| Title |
Patients’ Preferences for Information About the Benefits and Risks of Second-Line Palliative Chemotherapy and Their Oncologist’s Awareness of These Preferences
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| Published in |
Journal of Cancer Education, May 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s13187-015-0845-9 |
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| Authors |
Linda J. M. Oostendorp, Petronella B. Ottevanger, Agnes J. van de Wouw, Aafke H. Honkoop, Maartje Los, Winette T. A. van der Graaf, Peep F. M. Stalmeier |
| Abstract |
Communication about palliative treatment options requires a balance between providing patients with sufficient information and not providing unwanted information. Surveys have indicated that many patients with advanced cancer express a wish to receive detailed information. In this prospective multicenter study, the information desire of patients with advanced breast or colorectal cancer was further investigated by offering treatment-related information to patients using a decision aid (DA). In addition, this study explored oncologists' awareness of their patients' information desire. Seventy-seven patients with advanced breast or colorectal cancer facing the decision whether to start second-line palliative chemotherapy were offered a DA by a nurse. This DA contained information on adverse events, tumor response, and survival. The nurse asked the patient whether each information item was desired. Ninety-five percent of patients chose to receive information on adverse events, 91 % chose to receive information on tumor response, and 74 % chose to receive information on survival. Oncologists' judgment of patients' information desire was 100, 97, and 81 %, respectively. For all three information items together, oncologists correctly judged the information desire of 62 % of patients. This study confirms that many patients with advanced cancer wish to receive detailed information on the benefits and risks of palliative treatment options when the information is actually available. Oncologists were adequately aware of this high information desire, but had some difficulty judging the information desire of individual patients. A stepped approach to giving information ("preview, ask, tell, ask") may help to better meet patients' information needs. |
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