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General Population Mortality Adjustment in Survival Extrapolation of Cancer Trials: Exploring Plausibility and Implications for Cost-Effectiveness Analyses in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer in Sweden. 癌症试验生存期外推中的普通人群死亡率调整:探索瑞典 HER2 阳性乳腺癌成本效益分析的合理性及其影响。
IF 3.6 3区 医学
Medical Decision Making Pub Date : 2024-09-12 DOI: 10.1177/0272989x241275969
Kun Kim,Michael Sweeting,Nils Wilking,Linus Jönsson
{"title":"General Population Mortality Adjustment in Survival Extrapolation of Cancer Trials: Exploring Plausibility and Implications for Cost-Effectiveness Analyses in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer in Sweden.","authors":"Kun Kim,Michael Sweeting,Nils Wilking,Linus Jönsson","doi":"10.1177/0272989x241275969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989x241275969","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDIn economic evaluations of novel therapies, assessing lifetime effects based on trial data often necessitates survival extrapolation, with the choice of model affecting outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess accuracy and variability between alternative approaches to survival extrapolation.METHODSData on HER2-positive breast cancer patients from the Swedish National Breast Cancer Register were used to fit standard parametric distribution (SPD) models and excess hazard (EH) models adjusting the survival projections based on general population mortality (GPM). Models were fitted using 6-y data for stage I and II, 4-y data for stage III, and 2-y data for stage IV cancer reflecting an early data cutoff while maintaining sufficient events for comparison of model estimates with actual long-term outcomes. We compared model projections of 15-y survival and restricted mean survival time (RMST) to 15-y registry data and explored the variability between models in extrapolations of long-term survival.RESULTSAmong 11,224 patients compared with the observed registry 15-y RMST estimates across the disease stages, EH cure models provided the most accurate estimates in patients with stage I to III cancer, whereas EH models without cure most closely matched survival in patients with stage IV cancer, in which cure assumption was less plausible. The Akaike information criterion-averaged model projections varied as follows: -8.2% to +5.3% for SPD models, -4.9% to +5.2% for the EH model without a cure assumption, and -19.3% to -0.2% for the EH model with a cure assumption. EH models significantly reduced between-model variance in the predicted RMSTs over a 50-y time horizon compared with SPD models.CONCLUSIONSEH models may be considered as alternatives to SPD models to produce more accurate and plausible survival extrapolation that accounts for general population mortality.HIGHLIGHTSExcess hazard (EH) methods have been suggested as an approach to incorporate background mortality rates in economic evaluation using survival extrapolation.We highlight that EH models with or without a cure assumption can produce more accurate survival projections and significantly reduce between-model variability in comparison with standard parametric distribution models across cancer stages.EH models may be a preferred modeling method to reduce model uncertainty in health economic modeling since models that would otherwise have produced implausible extrapolations are constrained by the EH framework.Reduced uncertainty in economic evaluations will enhance the application of evidence-based health care decision making.","PeriodicalId":49839,"journal":{"name":"Medical Decision Making","volume":"4 1","pages":"272989X241275969"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142200923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Adaptation and Validation of the Psychological Consequences of Screening Questionnaire (PCQ) for Cognitive Screening in Primary Care. 改编并验证用于初级保健认知筛查的筛查心理后果问卷 (PCQ)。
IF 3.6 3区 医学
Medical Decision Making Pub Date : 2024-09-12 DOI: 10.1177/0272989x241275676
Rebecca M Lovett,Sarah Filec,Jeimmy Hurtado,Mary Kwasny,Alissa Sideman,Stephen D Persell,Katherine Possin,Michael Wolf
{"title":"Adaptation and Validation of the Psychological Consequences of Screening Questionnaire (PCQ) for Cognitive Screening in Primary Care.","authors":"Rebecca M Lovett,Sarah Filec,Jeimmy Hurtado,Mary Kwasny,Alissa Sideman,Stephen D Persell,Katherine Possin,Michael Wolf","doi":"10.1177/0272989x241275676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989x241275676","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDContext-specific measures with adequate external validity are needed to appropriately determine psychosocial effects related to screening for cognitive impairment.METHODSTwo-hundred adults aged ≥65 y recently completing routine, standardized cognitive screening as part of their Medicare annual wellness visit were administered an adapted version of the Psychological Consequences of Screening Questionnaire (PCQ), composed of negative (PCQ-Neg) and positive (PCQ-Pos) scales. Measure distribution, acceptability, internal consistency, factor structure, and external validity (construct, discriminative, criterion) were analyzed.RESULTSParticipants had a mean age of 73.3 y and were primarily female and socioeconomically advantaged. Most had a normal cognitive screening result (99.5%, n = 199). Overall PCQ scores were low (PCQ-Neg: x¯= 1.27, possible range 0-36; PCQ-Pos: x¯ = 7.63, possible range 0-30). Both scales demonstrated floor effects. Acceptability was satisfactory, although the PCQ-Pos had slightly more item missingness. Both scales had Cronbach alphas >0.80 and a single-factor structure. Spearman correlations between the PCQ-Neg with general measures of psychological distress (Impacts of Events Scale-Revised, Perceived Stress Scale, Kessler Distress Scale) ranged from 0.26 to 0.37 (P's < 0.001); the correlation with the World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index was -0.19 (P < 0.01). The PCQ-Neg discriminated between those with and without a self-reported subjective cognitive complaint (x¯ = 2.73 v. 0.89, P < 0.001) and was associated with medical visit satisfaction (r = -0.24, P < 0.001) on the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire. The PCQ-Pos predicted self-reported willingness to engage in future screening (x¯ = 8.00 v. 3.00, P = 0.03).CONCLUSIONSThe adapted PCQ-Neg is an overall valid measure of negative psychological consequences of cognitive screening; findings for the PCQ-Pos were more variable. Future studies should address measure performance among diverse samples and those with abnormal screening results.HIGHLIGHTSThe PCQ scale is an overall valid measure of psychological dysfunction related to cognitive screening in older adults receiving normal screen results.PCQ scale performance should be further validated in diverse populations and those with abnormal cognitive screening results.The adapted PCQ may be useful to both health research and policy stakeholders seeking improved assessment of psychological impacts of cognitive screening.","PeriodicalId":49839,"journal":{"name":"Medical Decision Making","volume":"28 1","pages":"272989X241275676"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142200972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Medical Homo Ignorans, Shared Decision Making, and Affective Paternalism: Balancing Emotion and Analysis in Health Care Choices. 医学无知者、共同决策和情感家长制:平衡医疗保健选择中的情感与分析。
IF 3.1 3区 医学
Medical Decision Making Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-25 DOI: 10.1177/0272989X241263001
Gustav Tinghög, Emil Persson, Daniel Västfjäll
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Using Separate Single-Outcome Risk Presentations Instead of Integrated Multioutcome Formats Improves Comprehension in Discrete Choice Experiments. 在离散选择实验中,使用单独的单一结果风险演示而非综合的多结果形式可提高理解能力。
IF 3.1 3区 医学
Medical Decision Making Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-21 DOI: 10.1177/0272989X241258466
Matthew J Wallace, E Hope Weissler, Jui-Chen Yang, Laura Brotzman, Matthew A Corriere, Eric A Secemsky, Jessie Sutphin, F Reed Johnson, Juan Marcos Gonzalez, Michelle E Tarver, Anindita Saha, Allen L Chen, David J Gebben, Misti Malone, Andrew Farb, Olufemi Babalola, Eva M Rorer, Brian J Zikmund-Fisher, Shelby D Reed
{"title":"Using Separate Single-Outcome Risk Presentations Instead of Integrated Multioutcome Formats Improves Comprehension in Discrete Choice Experiments.","authors":"Matthew J Wallace, E Hope Weissler, Jui-Chen Yang, Laura Brotzman, Matthew A Corriere, Eric A Secemsky, Jessie Sutphin, F Reed Johnson, Juan Marcos Gonzalez, Michelle E Tarver, Anindita Saha, Allen L Chen, David J Gebben, Misti Malone, Andrew Farb, Olufemi Babalola, Eva M Rorer, Brian J Zikmund-Fisher, Shelby D Reed","doi":"10.1177/0272989X241258466","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0272989X241258466","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Despite decades of research on risk-communication approaches, questions remain about the optimal methods for conveying risks for different outcomes across multiple time points, which can be necessary in applications such as discrete choice experiments (DCEs). We sought to compare the effects of 3 design factors: 1) separated versus integrated presentations of the risks for different outcomes, 2) use or omission of icon arrays, and 3) vertical versus horizontal orientation of the time dimension.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a randomized study among a demographically diverse sample of 2,242 US adults recruited from an online panel (mean age 59.8 y, <i>s</i> = 10.4 y; 21.9% African American) that compared risk-communication approaches that varied in the 3 factors noted above. The primary outcome was the number of correct responses to 12 multiple-choice questions asking survey respondents to identify specific numbers, contrast options to recognize dominance (larger v. smaller risks), and compute differences. We used linear regression to test the effects of the 3 design factors, controlling for health literacy, graph literacy, and numeracy. We also measured choice consistency in a subsequent DCE choice module.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mean comprehension varied significantly across versions (<i>P</i> < 0.001), with higher comprehension in the 3 versions that provided separated risk information for each risk. In the multivariable regression, separated risk presentation was associated with 0.58 more correct responses (<i>P</i> < 0.001; 95% confidence interval: 0.39, 0.77) compared with integrated risk information. Neither providing icon arrays nor using vertical versus horizontal time formats affected comprehension rates, although participant understanding did correlate with DCE choice consistency.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In presentations of multiple risks over multiple time points, presenting risk information separately for each health outcome appears to increase understanding.</p><p><strong>Highlights: </strong>When conveying information about risks of different outcomes at multiple time points, separate presentations of single-outcome risks resulted in higher comprehension than presentations that combined risk information for different outcomes.We also observed benefits of presenting single-outcome risks separately among respondents with lower numeracy and graph literacy.Study participants who scored higher on risk understanding were more internally consistent in their responses to a discrete choice experiment.</p>","PeriodicalId":49839,"journal":{"name":"Medical Decision Making","volume":" ","pages":"649-660"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141433191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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"Sensemaking" to Aid Shared Decision Making in Clinical Practice: A Personal Response to Information Overload and Decision Abdication. 在临床实践中以 "感性决策 "辅助共同决策:对信息过载和放弃决策的个人回应。
IF 3.1 3区 医学
Medical Decision Making Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-06 DOI: 10.1177/0272989X241257941
Andrew J Vickers, Paul Bennett
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Identifying Strategies to Improve Shared Decision Making for Pregnant Patients' Decisions about Prenatal Genetic Screens and Diagnostic Tests. 确定改进孕妇就产前基因筛查和诊断测试共同决策的策略。
IF 3.1 3区 医学
Medical Decision Making Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-31 DOI: 10.1177/0272989X241259016
Christina Collart, Caitlin Craighead, Meng Yao, Edward K Chien, Susannah Rose, Richard M Frankel, Marissa Coleridge, Bo Hu, Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, Angela C Ranzini, Ruth M Farrell
{"title":"Identifying Strategies to Improve Shared Decision Making for Pregnant Patients' Decisions about Prenatal Genetic Screens and Diagnostic Tests.","authors":"Christina Collart, Caitlin Craighead, Meng Yao, Edward K Chien, Susannah Rose, Richard M Frankel, Marissa Coleridge, Bo Hu, Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, Angela C Ranzini, Ruth M Farrell","doi":"10.1177/0272989X241259016","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0272989X241259016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Prenatal genetic screens and diagnostic tests are vital components of prenatal care. The first prenatal visit is a critical time in the decision-making process when patients decide whether to use these tests in addition to address a series of other essential prenatal care aspects. We conducted this study to examine the role of a shared decision-making (SDM) instrument to support these discussions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial of patients allocated to an SDM tool or usual care at their first prenatal visit. Participants completed a baseline survey to measure decision-making needs and preferences. Direct observation was conducted and analyzed using the OPTION scale to measure SDM during prenatal genetic testing discussions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Levels of SDM were similar across groups (<i>P</i> = 0.081). The highest levels of SDM were observed during screening test discussions (NEST 2.4 ± 0.9 v. control 2.6 ± 1.0). Lowest levels were observed in discussions about patients' preference for risk versus diagnostic information (NEST 1.0 ± 1.1 v. control 1.2 ± 1.3).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Study findings demonstrate the need for targeted patient-focused and provider-focused efforts to improve SDM to enhance patients' informed decision making about these options. Importantly, patients' baseline knowledge and attitudes need to be considered given that patients with less knowledge may need more carefully crafted communication.</p><p><strong>Highlights: </strong>Choices about whether, when, and how to use prenatal genetic tests are highly preference-based decisions, with patients' baseline attitudes about these options as a major driver in health care discussions.The decision-making process is also shaped by patient preferences regarding a shared or informed decision-making process for medical decisions that are highly personal and have significant ramifications for obstetric outcomes.There is a need to develop targeted efforts to improve decision making and enhance patients' ability to make informed decisions about prenatal genetic tests in early pregnancy.</p>","PeriodicalId":49839,"journal":{"name":"Medical Decision Making","volume":" ","pages":"689-704"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141856994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Withdrawing versus Withholding Treatments in Medical Reimbursement Decisions: A Study on Public Attitudes. 医疗报销决定中的撤回治疗与保留治疗:公众态度研究》。
IF 3.1 3区 医学
Medical Decision Making Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-24 DOI: 10.1177/0272989X241258195
Liam Strand, Lars Sandman, Emil Persson, David Andersson, Ann-Charlotte Nedlund, Gustav Tinghög
{"title":"Withdrawing versus Withholding Treatments in Medical Reimbursement Decisions: A Study on Public Attitudes.","authors":"Liam Strand, Lars Sandman, Emil Persson, David Andersson, Ann-Charlotte Nedlund, Gustav Tinghög","doi":"10.1177/0272989X241258195","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0272989X241258195","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The use of policies in medical treatment reimbursement decisions, in which only future patients are affected, prompts a moral dilemma: is there an ethical difference between withdrawing and withholding treatment?</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Through a preregistered behavioral experiment involving 1,067 participants, we tested variations in public attitudes concerning withdrawing and withholding treatments at both the bedside and policy levels.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In line with our first hypothesis, participants were more supportive of rationing decisions presented as withholding treatments compared with withdrawing treatments. Contrary to our second prestated hypothesis, participants were more supportive of decisions to withdraw treatment made at the bedside level compared with similar decisions made at the policy level.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>Our findings provide behavioral insights that help explain the common use of policies affecting only future patients in medical reimbursement decisions, despite normative concerns of such policies. In addition, our results may have implications for communication strategies when making decisions regarding treatment reimbursement.</p><p><strong>Highlights: </strong>We explore public' attitudes toward withdrawing and withholding treatments and how the decision level (bedside or policy level) matters.People were more supportive of withholding medical treatment than of withdrawing equivalent treatment.People were more supportive of treatment withdrawal made at the bedside than at the policy level.Our findings help clarify why common-use policies, which impact only future patients in medical reimbursement decision, are implemented despite the normative concerns associted with thesepolicies.</p>","PeriodicalId":49839,"journal":{"name":"Medical Decision Making","volume":" ","pages":"641-648"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11346081/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141443607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Who Makes the Decision, How, and Why: A Fuzzy-Trace Theory Approach. 谁做决定、如何做决定以及为什么做决定:模糊跟踪理论方法。
IF 3.1 3区 医学
Medical Decision Making Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1177/0272989X241263818
Sarah M Edelson, Valerie F Reyna
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Assessing Decision Fatigue in General Practitioners' Prescribing Decisions Using the Australian BEACH Data Set. 利用澳大利亚 BEACH 数据集评估全科医生处方决策疲劳。
IF 3.1 3区 医学
Medical Decision Making Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1177/0272989X241263823
Mona Maier, Daniel Powell, Christopher Harrison, Julie Gordon, Peter Murchie, Julia L Allan
{"title":"Assessing Decision Fatigue in General Practitioners' Prescribing Decisions Using the Australian BEACH Data Set.","authors":"Mona Maier, Daniel Powell, Christopher Harrison, Julie Gordon, Peter Murchie, Julia L Allan","doi":"10.1177/0272989X241263823","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0272989X241263823","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>General practitioners (GPs) make numerous care decisions throughout their workdays. Extended periods of decision making can result in decision fatigue, a gradual shift toward decisions that are less cognitively effortful. This study examines whether observed patterns in GPs' prescribing decisions are consistent with the decision fatigue phenomenon. We hypothesized that the likelihood of prescribing frequently overprescribed medications (antibiotics, benzodiazepines, opioids; less effortful to prescribe) will increase and the likelihood of prescribing frequently underprescribed medications (statins, osteoporosis medications; more effortful to prescribe) will decrease over the workday.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study used nationally representative primary care data on GP-patient encounters from the Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health program from Australia. The association between prescribing decisions and order of patient encounters over a GP's workday was assessed with generalized linear mixed models accounting for clustering and adjusting for patient, provider, and encounter characteristics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 262,456 encounters recorded by 2,909 GPs, the odds of prescribing antibiotics significantly increased by 8.7% with 15 additional patient encounters (odds ratio [OR] = 1.087; confidence interval [CI] = 1.059-1.116). The odds of prescribing decreased significantly with 15 additional patient encounters by 6.3% for benzodiazepines (OR = 0.937; CI = 0.893-0.983), 21.9% for statins (OR = 0.791; CI = 0.753-0.831), and 25.0% for osteoporosis medications (OR = 0.750; CI = 0.690-0.814). No significant effects were observed for opioids. All findings were replicated in confirmatory analyses except the effect of benzodiazepines.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>GPs were increasingly likely to prescribe antibiotics and were less likely to prescribe statins and osteoporosis medications as the workday wore on, which was consistent with decision fatigue. There was no convincing evidence of decision fatigue effects in the prescribing of opioids or benzodiazepines. These findings establish decision fatigue as a promising target for optimizing prescribing behavior.</p><p><strong>Highlights: </strong>We found that as general practitioners progress through their workday, they become more likely to prescribe antibiotics that are reportedly overprescribed and less likely to prescribe statins and osteoporosis medications that are reportedly underprescribed.This change in decision making over time is consistent with the decision fatigue phenomenon. Decision fatigue occurs when we make many decisions without taking a rest break. As we make those decisions, we become gradually more likely to make decisions that are less difficult.The findings of this study show that decision fatigue is a possible target for improving guideline-compliant prescribing of pharmacologic medications.</p>","PeriodicalId":49839,"journal":{"name":"Medical Decision Making","volume":" ","pages":"627-640"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11346129/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141762106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Discordant Care and Decision Quality: Patients' Reasons for Not Receiving Their Initial Test of Choice in Colorectal Cancer Screening. 不一致的护理和决策质量:大肠癌筛查中患者未接受首选检测的原因。
IF 3.1 3区 医学
Medical Decision Making Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1177/0272989X241262278
Joshua B Rager, Karen K Schmidt, Peter H Schwartz
{"title":"Discordant Care and Decision Quality: Patients' Reasons for Not Receiving Their Initial Test of Choice in Colorectal Cancer Screening.","authors":"Joshua B Rager, Karen K Schmidt, Peter H Schwartz","doi":"10.1177/0272989X241262278","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0272989X241262278","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Concordance between a person's values and the test or treatment they ultimately receive is widely considered to be an essential outcome for good decision quality. There is little research, however, on why patients receive \"discordant\" care. A large, randomized trial of decision aids for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening provided an opportunity to assess why some patients received a different test than the one they preferred at an earlier time point.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Of 688 patients who participated in the trial, 43 received a different CRC screening test than the one they selected after viewing a decision aid 6 mo prior. These patients answered 2 brief, open-ended questions about the reasons for this discordance. The research team analyzed their answers using qualitative description.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patient responses reflected 6 major categories: barriers or risks of initially favored test, benefits of alternative test, costs or health insurance coverage, discussion with family or friends, provider factors or recommendation, and health issues.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Some of the patients' explanations fit well with the informed concordance approach, which infers poor decision quality from the existence of discordant care, since in these cases it appears that the patient's values and preferences were not adequately respected. Other statements suggest that the patient had an informed rationale for changing their mind about which test to undergo. These cases may reflect high-quality decision making, despite the existence of discordance as measured in the trial. This analysis highlights a major challenge to a popular approach for assessing decision quality, the difficulty of normatively assessing the quality of decision making when apparent discordant care has been provided, and the need to assess patient values and preference over time.</p><p><strong>Highlights: </strong>Value-choice concordance is an accepted measure for assessing decision quality in decision aid trials, but greater exploration of apparently discordant care challenges key assumptions of this method; this study provides evidence that discordance as typically measured may not always reflect low-quality patient decision making.Researchers evaluating decision aids and assessing decision quality should consider the use of qualitative methods to supplement measures of decision quality and consider assessing patient preferences at multiple time points.</p>","PeriodicalId":49839,"journal":{"name":"Medical Decision Making","volume":" ","pages":"705-714"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141762107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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