ArticleJournal of surgical oncology2016
Breast cancer patients' information seeking during surgical consultations: A qualitative, videotape-based analysis of patients' questions.
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- Exploring Communication Dynamics Between Patients and Healthcare Providers in Oncology: A Systematic Review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Pooled it
- Behaviour, barriers and facilitators of shared decision making in breast cancer surgical treatment: A qualitative systematic review using a 'Best Fit' framework approach.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Pooled it
- Patient Perspectives on Perioperative Supportive Care Needs Surrounding Major Abdominal Operations for Cancer.Annals of surgical oncology · 2023Trial
- Assessment of Appearance-related Questions About Breast Reconstruction Generated by Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025Article
- Surgeon-reported Factors Influencing Adoption of Quality Standards for Goal-concordant Care in Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Qualitative Study.Annals of surgery · 2023Article
- Exploring the Role of Social Support in Promoting Patient Participation in Health Care among Women with Breast Cancer.Health communication · 2021Article
- Information Needs of Breast Cancer Patients: Theory-Generating Meta-Synthesis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Review
- Improving Communication in Breast Cancer Treatment Consultation: Use of a Computer Test of Health Numeracy.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2019Article
- National consensus recommendations on patient-centered care for ductal carcinoma in situ.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2019Review
- Health information seeking behavior of female breast cancer patients.Journal of education and health promotion · 2018Article
- Patient-centered communication in digital medical encounters.Patient education and counseling · 2017Article
- Met and Unmet Expectations for Breast Reconstruction in Early Posttreatment Breast Cancer Survivors.Plastic surgical nursing : official journal of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical NursesObservational
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Abstract
backgroundDespite data on breast cancer patients' information needs and their association with patient outcomes, there are currently no data on what U.S. patients actually ask surgeons during primary consultations.
methodsWorking from transcripts of videotaped, treatment decision making consultations between breast cancer patients and surgeons, we identify all questions (by patients and companions) and then use grounded theory techniques to determine the most recurrent question-asking themes.
resultsSample includes 132 recently diagnosed (M = 8.9 days), late-middle-aged (M = 61.2 years), female patients with predominantly early stage (0-1; 78%), first-time breast cancer (92.4%) consulting with one of nine surgeons in community based offices. Transcripts contained 2,781 questions (1,929 by patients, 852 by companions; Cohen's Kappa = 0.90), which generated 15 patient question asking themes that were represented (i.e., asked about) at least once in >20% of all consultations.
conclusionQuestion asking themes are a concrete index of what patients want to know more about prior to treatment. Identified themes specify, modify, and extend prior findings based on self-report data. Findings potentially increase surgeons' levels of patient centered care by improving surgeons' abilities to satisfactorily address patients' information needs, which has the potential to improve both patient outcomes and clinical practice guidelines. J. Surg. Oncol. 2016;114:922-929. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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