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| Title |
Self-rated health supersedes patient satisfaction with service quality as a predictor of survival in prostate cancer
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| Published in |
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, September 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12955-015-0334-1 |
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| Authors |
Digant Gupta, Kamal Patel, Christopher G. Lis |
| Abstract |
We have previously reported that higher patient satisfaction (PS) with service quality is associated with favorable survival outcomes in a variety of cancers. However, we argued that patients with greater satisfaction might be the ones with better self-rated health (SRH), a recognized predictor of cancer survival. We therefore investigated whether SRH can supersede patient satisfaction as a predictor of survival in prostate cancer. Nine hundred seventeen prostate cancer treated at four Cancer Treatment Centers of America® hospitals between July 2011 and March 2013. PS was measured on a 7-point scale ranging from "completely dissatisfied" to "completely satisfied". SRH was measured on a 7-point scale ranging from "very poor" to "excellent". Both were dichotomized into two categories: top box response (7) versus all others (1-6). Patient survival was the primary end point. Cox regression was used to evaluate the association between PS and survival controlling for covariates. The response rate for this study was 72 %. Majority of patients (n = 517) had stage II disease. Seven hundred eighty-seven (85.8 %) patients were "completely satisfied". Three hundred nineteen (34.8 %) patients had "excellent" SRH. There was a weak but significant correlation between satisfaction and SRH (Kendall's tau b = 0.18; p < 0.001). On univariate analysis, "completely satisfied" patients had a significantly lower risk of mortality (HR = 0.46; 95 % CI: 0.25-0.85; p = 0.01). Similarly, patients with "excellent" SRH had a significantly lower risk of mortality (HR = 0.25; 95 % CI: 0.11-0.58; p = 0.001). On multivariate analysis, SRH was found to be a significant predictor of survival (HR = 0.31; 95 % CI: 0.12-0.79; p = 0.01) while patient satisfaction was not (HR = 0.76; 95 % CI: 0.40-1.5; p = 0.40). SRH supersedes patient satisfaction with service quality as a predictor of survival in prostate cancer. SRH should be used as a control variable in analyses involving patient satisfaction as a predictor of clinical cancer outcomes. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 32 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 9 | 28% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 16% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 9% |
| Lecturer | 2 | 6% |
| Researcher | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 10 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 19% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 9% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 13% |
| Unknown | 12 | 38% |
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