Oostendorp, LJM;
Ottevanger, PB;
Van der Wouw, AJ;
Schoenaker, IJH;
De Graaf, H;
Van der Graaf, WTA;
Stalmeier, PFM;
(2015)
Expected survival with and without second-line palliative chemotherapy: who wants to know?
Health Expectations
, 18
(6)
pp. 2903-2914.
10.1111/hex.12275.
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Abstract
Background According to surveys, many patients with advancedcancer wish to receive survival information.Objective This study invest igated information preferences by offer-ing patients a decision aid (DA) with infor mation on expected sur-vival for two treatment options: supportive care with or withoutsecond-line palliative chemotherapy. Predicto rs of accepting sur-vival information were explored.Design Eligible patients in this multicentre prospective study wereoffered secon d-line chemotherapy for advanced breast or colorectalcancer. A nurse presented a DA on second-line treatment andasked patients whether they desired information on (i) adverseevents, (ii) tumour response and (iii) survival. Data on 50 clinicaland psychosocial patient characteristics were collected from inclu-sion forms and patient questionnaires.Results Seventy-seven patients received a DA; median age62 years (range 32–80), 61% female, 77% colorectal cancer. Fifty-seven patients (74%; 95% CI 64–84) desired survival information.Four psychosocial characteristics (e.g . deliberative decision style)independently predicted information desire. However, the use ofthese characteristics to predict information desire hardly outper-formed a simple prediction rule.Conclusions Many patients desired information on expected sur-vival when deciding about second-line treatment. However, ourexploratory analysis indicated that patients desiring this informa-tion could not be identified based on their clinical or psychosocialcharacteristics. These findings can help encourage candid discus-sions about expected survival. Health professionals should be care-ful not to make implicit assumptions of information desire based on patient characteristics, but to explicitly ask patients if survivalinformation is desired, and act accordingly.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Expected survival with and without second-line palliative chemotherapy: who wants to know? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/hex.12275 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.12275 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Decision aids, information desire, palliative chemotherapy, predictors, survival information, treatment decision. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1461578 |
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