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Trial reportPatient education and counseling2012

Decision preparation, satisfaction and regret in a multi-center sample of men with newly diagnosed localized prostate cancer.

Donna L Berry, Qian Wang, Barbara Halpenny, Fangxin Hong

Abstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Patient education and counseling, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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37citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  4. Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  7. Head to head randomized trial of two decision aids for prostate cancer.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2021
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  9. Does a decision aid for prostate cancer affect different aspects of decisional regret, assessed with new regret scales? A randomized, controlled trial.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2016
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  10. From Treatment to Recovery: Gynecological Survivors' and Caregivers' Perspectives About the Usability of an Educational Resource.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2025
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  18. A pilot evaluation of the expanded prostate cancer index composite for clinical practice (EPIC-CP) tool in Ontario.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Donna L BerryDana-Farber Cancer Institute, The Phyllis F Cantor Center for Research in Nursing and Patient Care Services, Boston, MA 02215, USA. donna_berry@dfci.harvard.edu
Qian Wang
Barbara Halpenny
Fangxin Hong

Funding

Personal Patient Profile-Prostate: Testing and Implementation in Health NetworksR01NR009692 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BERRY, DONNA L. · 2006 to 2015
$4.0M
NINR NIH HHS R01 NR009692NINR NIH HHS R01NR009692
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo describe relationships between use of the Personal Patient Profile-Prostate (P3P) decision support system and patient characteristics, and perceived preparation for decision making (PrepDM), satisfaction and decisional regret in the context of prostate cancer treatment choice.

methods494 men with localized prostate cancer (LPC) were randomized to receive the P3P intervention or usual care and completed pre-treatment, 1-month and 6-month outcome measures. Multivariable linear regression models were fit for each outcome.

resultsPhysician consult visits prior to enrollment, race/ethnicity, and use of clinic-provided books were significant predictors of perceived PrepDM at 1 month. Prior Internet use and PrepDM significantly predicted 6-month decision satisfaction. Decisional regret was significantly predicted by demographics, anxiety, PrepDM score, and EPIC bowel domain score at 6 months. Use of P3P did not predict any outcome.

conclusionWhile the P3P intervention did not significantly affect the outcomes, pre-enrollment information and preparation were strong predictors of the 1- and 6-month outcomes. Decision regret was significantly influenced by personal characteristics and post-treatment symptoms/side effects. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Information received and used between biopsy and the treatment options consult visit is likely to make a difference in decision satisfaction.

Indexed as

Decision MakingEmotionsPatient SatisfactionAdultAgedAged, 80 and overDecision Support Systems, ClinicalHumansInternetLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedPatient ParticipationProcess Assessment, Health CareProspective StudiesProstatic Neoplasms

Identifiers

PMID22608696
PMCPMC3409298

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