Trial reportCancer2013
A Web-based communication aid for patients with cancer: the CONNECT Study.
Trial report in Cancer, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03632850 (Shared Decision-making), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Shared Decision-making: Investigating the Potential of an Interactive, Web-Based, Information Tool for People With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Applied techniques for putting pre-visit planning in clinical practice to empower patient-centered care in the pandemic era: a systematic review and framework suggestion.BMC health services research · 2021Pooled it
- How technology impacts communication between cancer patients and their health care providers: A systematic literature review.International journal of medical informatics · 2021Pooled it
- Availability and effectiveness of decision aids for supporting shared decision making in patients with advanced colorectal and lung cancer: Results from a systematic review.European journal of cancer care · 2019Pooled it
- Promoting patient participation in healthcare interactions through communication skills training: A systematic review.Patient education and counseling · 2017Pooled it
- Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Tools to Promote Shared Decision Making in Serious Illness: A Systematic Review.JAMA internal medicine · 2015Pooled it
- Consumer Co-Design of an Online Resource to Build Communication Skills of Health Consumers: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Online communication skill training of patients with cancer: A test of the behavioral intention predictive framework for communication skills.PEC innovation · 2024Article
- Understanding how shared decision-making approaches and patient aids influence patients with advanced cancer when deciding on palliative treatments and care: A realist review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023Review
- Navigating the perils and pitfalls throughout the consent process in hematopoietic cell transplantation.Blood reviews · 2023Review
- Improving shared decision making in virtual breast cancer surgery consultations.American journal of surgery · 2023Review
- Digital Health Interventions for Adult Patients With Cancer Evaluated in Randomized Controlled Trials: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- A mixed methods pilot and feasibility open trial of internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy (Internet interventions · 2021Article
- Engaging Patients with Late-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Shared Decision Making about Treatment.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Article
- Priorities and preferences of advanced soft tissue sarcoma patients starting palliative chemotherapy: baseline results from the HOLISTIC study.ESMO open · 2021Article
- Review
- Communication interventions in adult and pediatric oncology: A scoping review and analysis of behavioral targets.PloS one · 2019Article
- Assessment of Health Information Technology Interventions in Evidence-Based Medicine: A Systematic Review by Adopting a Methodological Evaluation Framework.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
- Good intentions are not enough: how informatics interventions can worsen inequality.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundCancer patients and their oncologists often report differing perceptions of consultation discussions and discordant expectations regarding treatment outcomes. CONNECT, a computer-based communication aid, was developed to improve communication between patients and oncologists.
methodsCONNECT includes assessment of patient values, goals, and communication preferences; patient communication skills training; and a preconsultation physician summary report. CONNECT was tested in a 3-arm, prospective, randomized clinical trial. Prior to the initial medical oncology consultation, adult patients with advanced cancer were randomized to the following arms: 1) control; 2) CONNECT with physician summary; or 3) CONNECT without physician summary. Outcomes were assessed with postconsultation surveys.
resultsOf 743 patients randomized, 629 completed postconsultation surveys. Patients in the intervention arms (versus control) felt that the CONNECT program made treatment decisions easier to reach (P = .003) and helped them to be more satisfied with these decisions (P < .001). In addition, patients in the intervention arms reported higher levels of satisfaction with physician communication format (P = .026) and discussion regarding support services (P = .029) and quality of life concerns (P = .042). The physician summary did not impact outcomes. Patients with higher levels of education and poorer physical functioning experienced greater benefit from CONNECT.
conclusionsThis prospective randomized clinical trial demonstrates that computer-based communication skills training can positively affect patient satisfaction with communication and decision-making. Measurable patient characteristics may be used to identify subgroups most likely to benefit from an intervention such as CONNECT.
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