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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedGordon BE, Basak R, Carpenter WR
Factors influencing prostate cancer treatment decisions for African American and white men.
This prospective, population-based cohort study examined some possible reasons for mortality outcome differences for prostate cancer between African American (AA) and white patients. A cohort of 1170 men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer were enrolled from 2011 to 2013 before treatment in North Carolina. Participants were asked to rate their aggressiveness of their cancer, and also the importance of 10 factors their treatment decision-making process. Among low-risk patients, there was no difference in perception of their cancer as “not very aggressive”. Among high-risk patients, 54% of AA patients considered their cancer to be “not very aggressive” while only 24% of white patients did. For AA patients, cost, treatment time, and recovery time were considered very important more than white patients.
AHRQ-funded.
Citation: Gordon BE, Basak R, Carpenter WR .
Factors influencing prostate cancer treatment decisions for African American and white men.
Cancer 2019 May 15;125(10):1693-700. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31932..
Keywords: Decision Making, Cancer, Cancer: Prostate Cancer, Disparities, Men's Health, Outcomes, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Misra-Hebert AD, Hom G, Klein EA
Testing of a tool for prostate cancer screening discussions in primary care.
As prostate cancer (PCa) screening decisions often occur in outpatient primary care, a brief tool to help the PCa screening conversation in busy clinic settings is needed. This paper discusses a previously-created 9-item tool to aid (PCa) screening discussions. The study found that the brief conversation tool was well received in busy primary-care settings and improved patients' knowledge about the screening decision.
AHRQ-funded; HS024128.
Citation: Misra-Hebert AD, Hom G, Klein EA .
Testing of a tool for prostate cancer screening discussions in primary care.
Front Oncol 2018 Jun 28;8:238. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00238..
Keywords: Cancer: Prostate Cancer, Decision Making, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Primary Care, Screening
Holmes-Rovner M, Srikanth A, Henry SG
Decision aid use during post-biopsy consultations for localized prostate cancer.
The purpose of this study was to characterize the content and communicative function of high-quality decision aids during diagnostic clinic visits for prostate cancer. Results showed that good decision aids, systematically provided to patients, appeared to function not to open up deliberations about how to balance benefits and harms of competing treatments, but rather to allow patients to ask narrow technical questions about recommended treatments.
AHRQ-funded; HS021764.
Citation: Holmes-Rovner M, Srikanth A, Henry SG .
Decision aid use during post-biopsy consultations for localized prostate cancer.
Health Expect 2018 Feb;21(1):279-87. doi: 10.1111/hex.12613..
Keywords: Cancer: Prostate Cancer, Decision Making, Evidence-Based Practice, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient-Centered Healthcare, Clinician-Patient Communication