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Self-reported experience and outcomes of care among stomach cancer patients at a median follow-up time of 27 months from diagnosis
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- Issue Date
- 2007-10-03
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag
- Citation
- Support Care Cancer. 2008 Jul;16(7):831-9. Epub 2007 Oct 2.
- Keywords
- Adult ; Aged ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Decision Making ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Patient Participation ; Patient Satisfaction ; Prospective Studies ; Psychometrics ; Quality of Health Care ; Questionnaires ; Stomach Neoplasms/diagnosis/physiopathology/*psychology/surgery ; Time Factors ; Treatment Outcome ; Quality of Life
- Abstract
- GOALS OF WORK: We aimed to identify clinical experiences associated with outcomes of care among stomach cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Four hundred thirty-two patients who had a diagnosis of stage I-III stomach cancer from 2001 through 2002 from two hospitals in South Korea responded to a survey questionnaire including sociodemographic and clinical data, information about care experiences, satisfaction with care, and quality of life (QOL). MAIN RESULTS: Involvement in decision making [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 1.81; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.13 to 2.89] and reflection of patients' opinions in treatment decisions (aOR = 2.54; 95% CI, 1.65 to 3.93) were associated with decision satisfaction. The factors associated with willingness to choose the same treatment over again were involvement in decision making (aOR = 2.37; 95% CI, 1.53 to 3.68) and no treatment toxicity (aOR = 0.50; 95% CI, 0.29 to 0.87). Involvement in decision making, reflection of patients' opinions in treatment decisions, and treatment toxicity were associated with some functioning subscales of QOL (p < 0.05). Regular follow-up, however, was associated with poor social functioning. CONCLUSIONS: Quality improvement efforts for stomach cancer patients should focus not only on the quality of primary tumor therapy but also on how patients experience their care, such as patient-centered decision making, experience of treatment toxicity, and regular follow-up.
- ISSN
- 0941-4355 (Print)
- Language
- English
- URI
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17909862
http://www.springerlink.com/content/w48727230r5n15g0/fulltext.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/46292
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