| Testing the effects of a decision aid for prostate cancer screening. | |
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PMID: 20432110 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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There is an ever-growing trend toward more patient involvement in making health care decisions. This trend has been accompanied by the development of "informed decision-making" interventions to help patients become more engaged and comfortable with making these decisions. We describe the effects of a prostate cancer screening decision aid on knowledge, beliefs about screening, risk perception, control preferences, decisional conflict, and decisional anxiety. Data were collected from 200 males aged 50-70 years in the general population who randomly were assigned to exposure to the decision aid or no exposure as a control condition. A Solomon four-group design was used to test for possible pretest sensitization effects and to assess the effects of exposure to the decision aid. No significant pretest sensitization effects were found. Analysis of the exposure effects found that knowledge increased significantly for those exposed to the decision aid compared with those unexposed. Exposure to the decision aid also had some influence on decreasing both decisional conflict and decisional anxiety. Decision aids can play an important role in increasing patients' knowledge and decreasing anxiety when asked to make health care decisions. |
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Authors:
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Stephanie K Rubel; Jacqueline W Miller; Robert L Stephens; Ye Xu; Lawrence E Scholl; E Wayne Holden; Leonardo A Stroud; Robert J Volk |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of health communication Volume: 15 ISSN: 1087-0415 ISO Abbreviation: J Health Commun Publication Date: 2010 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-04-30 Completed Date: 2010-08-18 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9604100 Medline TA: J Health Commun Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 307-21 Citation Subset: T |
Affiliation:
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Macro International Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, USA. |
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Aged Decision Making* Decision Support Techniques* Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Male Mass Screening* Middle Aged Patient Participation Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnosis* Questionnaires United States |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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200-2002-00574//PHS HHS |
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