論文

査読有り
2022年10月24日

Preference of Japanese cancer patients for being informed about their prognosis

Annals of palliative medicine
  • Hamano, Jun
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  • Hiratsuka, Yusuke
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  • Morita, Tatsuya
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  • Kizawa, Yoshiyuki
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  • Maeda, Isseki
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  • Mori, Masanori

記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.21037/apm-22-772

[BACKGROUND] Prognostic information, which consists of life expectancy, functional prognosis, and uncertainty, of cancer patients is essential. However, the evidence regarding the prognostic preferences of cancer patients is limited. To clarify the prognostic preferences of cancer patients and whether cancer patients want to be informed about their prognosis.
[METHODS] We conducted a cross-sectional web-based anonymous survey through a private survey company in January 2022. We assessed whether patients would prefer to be informed about their life expectancy and functional prognosis, and explored correlations between patients' backgrounds.
[RESULTS] A total of 132 patients responded to the survey. The mean age was 63.1±9.3, and 67 (50.8%) were male. The most frequent primary tumor was gastrointestinal/hepatobiliary and pancreatic (n=43, 32.6%). Among the patients, 26.6% answered "Strongly agree" or "Agree" to wanting to be informed about their life expectancy, and 33.6-46.9%. wanted to be informed of their functional prognosis. Experience of a family member that had died from cancer had a significant correlation with the preference to be informed about "Life expectancy" (rs=0.344,

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.21037/apm-22-772
URL
https://apm.amegroups.com/article/download/103410/pdf
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.21037/apm-22-772
  • ISSN : 2224-5839
  • eISSN : 2224-5839

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