- Title
- Cancer patient preferences for the provision of information regarding emotional concerns in relation to medical procedures: a discrete choice experiment
- Creator
- Turon, Heidi; Wall, Laura; Fakes, Kristy; Brown, Scott D.; Sanson-Fisher, Rob
- Relation
- Patient Education and Counseling Vol. 103, Issue 7, p. 1439-1443
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2020.02.015
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Objective: To explore the preferences of people with cancer regarding the timing and format of information provision about emotional concerns that may occur when undergoing medical procedures. Methods: Eligible cancer survivors were mailed a survey containing discrete choice scenarios examining their timing and format preferences for information about potential emotional concerns associated with an upcoming hypothetical medical procedure. Results: Of 356 eligible patients, 271 (76 %) completed the survey. Both face-to-face discussion and written materials were preferred as the mode of information delivery over access to a website. In order of descending preference, participants preferred to receive the information 1 week, 3 days and the day of the procedure. There were no differences in preferences for timing or format between subgroups based on age, gender, education and cancer type. Conclusion: This study has demonstrated that cancer patients prefer receiving information about emotional concerns that might be experienced as part of a medical procedure in either written or via face-to-face format, and one week before the procedure. Practice Implications: In order to provide patient-centred care, clinicians and the healthcare system more broadly should consider patient preferences for information delivery about upcoming medical procedures.
- Subject
- preparation ofr medical procedures; discrete choice; oncology; patient preference; emotional response; SDG 7; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1425009
- Identifier
- uon:38187
- Identifier
- ISSN:0738-3991
- Rights
- © 2020. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Language
- eng
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