Patient-centered communication and cancer information-seeking experiences among cancer survivors: A population-based study in the United States

IF 2.9 2区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Patient Education and Counseling Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI:10.1016/j.pec.2025.108710

Asos Mahmood , Satish Kedia , Deborah O. Ogunsanmi , Umar Kabir , Coree Entwistle

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Abstract

Objectives

To investigate associations between patient-centered communication (PCC) and two elements of cancer information-seeking experience (i.e., effort and frustration) among cancer survivors.

Methods

We utilized secondary data from the U.S. National Cancer Institute’s Health Information National Trends Survey ([HINTS5 cycles 2 (2018) and 4 (2020)], and [HINTS6 (2022)]) for 1346 self-identified cancer survivors (aged ≥18 years) who reported ever seeking cancer information from any source and ≥one healthcare provider visit during the past 12 months. We fit multivariable logistic regression models to compute adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and associated 95 % confidence intervals (CIs).

Results

Approximately 40 % of cancer survivors reported that it took them significant effort to seek needed cancer information, and 33.8 % felt frustrated doing so. With each unit increase on the PCC score scale, cancer survivors were about 1.5 % and almost 2.0 % less likely to perceive extra effort in seeking cancer information (aOR=0.986; 95 % CI: 0.977, 0.996) or report frustration while doing so (aOR=0.981; 95 % CI: 0.973, 0.990), respectively.

Conclusions

The findings demonstrate that better PCC is associated with improved cancer information-seeking experiences.

Practice implications

PCC could potentially empower cancer survivors to take a more active role in self-care and decision-making while reducing uncertainty and optimizing cancer information-seeking experiences.

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Patient Education and Counseling 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

5.60

自引率

11.40%

发文量

384

审稿时长

46 days

期刊介绍： Patient Education and Counseling is an interdisciplinary, international journal for patient education and health promotion researchers, managers and clinicians. The journal seeks to explore and elucidate the educational, counseling and communication models in health care. Its aim is to provide a forum for fundamental as well as applied research, and to promote the study of organizational issues involved with the delivery of patient education, counseling, health promotion services and training models in improving communication between providers and patients.