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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 4 of 4 Research Studies DisplayedKierkegaard P, Vale MD, Garrison S
Mechanisms of decision-making in preoperative assessment for older adult prostate cancer patients-a qualitative study.
The purpose of this study was to identify and examine the underlying mechanisms that uniquely shape preoperative surgical decision-making strategies concerning older adult prostate cancer patients. Results showed that surgeons’ personal experiences had a significant impact on the decision-making processes during preoperative assessments. However, non-patient factors such as institutional microcultures passively and actively influenced the decision-making process during preoperative assessment.
AHRQ-funded; HS025707.
Citation: Kierkegaard P, Vale MD, Garrison S .
Mechanisms of decision-making in preoperative assessment for older adult prostate cancer patients-a qualitative study.
J Surg Oncol 2020 Mar;121(3):561-69. doi: 10.1002/jso.25819..
Keywords: Decision Making, Cancer: Prostate Cancer, Cancer, Surgery, Men's Health
Gordon 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
Spees LP, ledikwe JH, Kleinman NJ
Immediate motivators to seeking voluntary medical male circumcision among HIV-negative adult men in an urban setting in Botswana.
The goal of this study was to identify subpopulations of Botswanan men with high levels of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) uptake. An observational cohort of men presenting for circumcision services at two high-volume clinics in Gabo-rone, Botswana's capital, were compared with a matched, population-based random sample of uncircumcised men with regard to factors that played a role in the men's decision to seek VMMC services. The results indicate that married men and highly educated men are more likely to undergo circumcision for personal hygiene reasons. The authors conclude that these findings have implications for activities designed to increase VMMC uptake in Botswana and reduce HIV acquisition risk in men.
AHRQ-funded; HS000032.
Citation: Spees LP, ledikwe JH, Kleinman NJ .
Immediate motivators to seeking voluntary medical male circumcision among HIV-negative adult men in an urban setting in Botswana.
AIDS Educ Prev 2019 Apr;31(2):136-51. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2019.31.2.136..
Keywords: Decision Making, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Men's Health, Urban Health, Sexual Health
Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Ramanan B, Arya S
Long-term results of a randomized controlled trial of a nonoperative strategy (watchful waiting) for men with minimally symptomatic inguinal hernias.
This study of 254 men with minimally symptomatic inguinal hernia who were assigned to watchful waiting (WW) found that WW is a reasonable and safe strategy. However, the study which followed these patients for up to 11.5 years found that symptoms usually progressed and an operation was eventually needed, with 79 percent of men older than 65 and 62 percent of younger men receiving surgical repair.
AHRQ-funded; HS09860
Citation: Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Ramanan B, Arya S .
Long-term results of a randomized controlled trial of a nonoperative strategy (watchful waiting) for men with minimally symptomatic inguinal hernias.
Ann Surg. 2013 Sep;258(3):508-15. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182a19725..
Keywords: Surgery, Men's Health, Quality of Care, Patient Safety, Decision Making