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Implementing Health‐Related Quality of Life Assessment in Pediatric Oncology: A Feasibility Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background There is growing interest in embedding health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment and patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) within clinical cancer care. This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of implementing an electronic PROM (ePROM) platform to measure HRQoL in children with cancer ...
Mikaela Doig   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Patient Narratives on Information Search in a Web-Based Breast Cancer Decision Aid: An Eye-Tracking Study

open access: yesJournal of Medical Internet Research, 2013
BackgroundPrevious research has examined the impact of patient narratives on treatment choices, but to our knowledge, no study has examined the effect of narratives on information search.
Shaffer, Victoria A   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patient decision aids for cancer treatment [PDF]

open access: yesCancer, 2012
AbstractBACKGROUND:Although patient decision aids (pDAs) are effective, widespread use of pDAs for cancer treatment has not been achieved. The objectives of this study were to perform a systematic review to identify alternate types of decision support interventions (DSIs) for cancer treatment and a meta‐analysis to compare the effectiveness of these ...
Gillian, Spiegle   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Why Are People's Decisions Sometimes Worse with Computer Support? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In many applications of computerised decision support, a recognised source of undesired outcomes is operators' apparent over-reliance on automation. For instance, an operator may fail to react to a potentially dangerous situation because a computer fails
A.M. Bisantz   +31 more
core   +1 more source

Treatment Decision‐Making Roles and Preferences Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Decision‐making (DM) dynamics between adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer, parents, and oncologists remain underexplored in diverse populations. We examined cancer treatment DM preferences among an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse group of AYAs and their parents.
Amanda M. Gutierrez   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design a decision-making aid: "alternative treatment for breast cancer: what option do you prefer?"

open access: yesPsicooncologia, 2010
Purpose: To design a Decision-making Aid within the ‘Breast cancer’ healthcare process modelling of the Andalusian Public Health System (SSPA) for the therapeutic approach of early-stage disease.
Carmen Pérez   +12 more
doaj  

Decision aids for patients facing health treatment or screening decisions [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 1999
To conduct a systematic review of randomised trials of patient decision aids in improving decision making and outcomes.We included randomised trials of interventions providing structured, detailed, and specific information on treatment or screening options and outcomes to aid decision making.
A M, O'Connor   +8 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Parent Quality of Life at Two Years Following Their Child's Completion of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Parents of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often experience significant caregiver burden and disruption to their well‐being. While parent quality of life (QoL) during treatment is well characterized, little is known about outcomes during early survivorship.
Sara Dal Pra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural adaptation of a patient decision-aid for insulin therapy

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2020
Introduction Patient decision-aids (PDAs) support patients in selecting evidence-based treatment options. PDA is useful only if the user understands the content to make personalised decisions. Cultural adaptation is a process of adjusting health messages
Josip Car   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid Response to Trametinib Combined With Chemotherapy for Infant BRAF‐Fused Chiasmatic Glioma

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Infants, less than 1 year, with chiasmatic gliomas (ICG) present a major therapeutic challenge due to large tumor size, decreased vision, rapid progression, and poor response to vincristine/carboplatin chemotherapy. The majority have a BRAF fusion, which may respond to downstream MEK inhibitors but response time is slow. There are no safety or
Helen Toledano   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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