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Below you will find samples of our most recent acquisitions in Patient Knowledge, grouped by resource type.
Shared Decision-Making® Program Research
View all results of this resource type in Patient Knowledge.Randomized Trial Examining the Effect of Two Prostate Cancer Screening Educational Interventions on Patient Knowledge, Preferences and Behaviors
August 1, 2004
Partin MR, Nelson D, Radosevich D, et al. Randomized trial examining the effect of two prostate cancer screening educational interventions on patient knowledge, preferences, and behaviors. J Gen Intern Med. 2004;19(8):835-42. Read the abstract. Continue reading
Featured Shared Decision Making Publications
View all results of this resource type in Patient Knowledge.Decision-Making Process Reported by Medicare Patients Who Had Coronary Artery Stenting or Surgery for Prostate Cancer
March 7, 2012
The objective of this study was to learn how decisions were made for two major preference-sensitive interventions: prostate cancer surgery and coronary artery stenting. Through a mail survey of probability samples of patients who underwent these two procedures, the authors found that while prostate cancer surgery patients reported more involvement in the decision making process than elective stent patients, both reports illustrated the need for increased efforts to inform and involve patients facing preference-sensitive intervention decisions.… Continue reading
Posted in Decision Quality, Patient Knowledge
Tagged decision-making, Floyd J. Fowler, prostate cancer surgery, stenting
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Uninformed Compliance or Informed Choice? A Needed Shift in our Approach to Cancer Screening
November 21, 2011
This commentary article criticizes the current practice in health care to conduct cancer screening without first informing patients about the benefits and harms of screening tests. Stefanek believes that the lack of transparent presentation of data about known harms and benefits has resulted in a bias towards screening and an inflated view of how much the reduction in cancer mortality can be attributed to cancer screening overall. Stefanek proposes that effort should be refocused on educating rather than persuading the public.… Continue reading
Posted in Decision Quality, Patient Knowledge
Tagged cancer, health education, shared decision making
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Informed Medical Decisions Foundation Funded Research
View all results of this resource type in Patient Knowledge.Overdiagnosis in Screening Mammography: Examination of Women's Attitudes and Responses to Information about Overdiagnosis
May 15, 2011
The overall purpose of this research is to contribute to improving communication with the community about screening mammography. The research involves developing and evaluating educational materials and strategies to meet the important ethical objective of providing balanced information about screening outcomes in order to support screening decisions.… Continue reading
Intuitive and Deliberative Processing in Patient Decision Aids
September 30, 2010
The present research will attempt to shed light on this issue by asking participants to read a prostate cancer decision aid and then engage in either a deliberative or intuitive decision making strategy prior to making a treatment decision. Decision quality will be measured using value-decision correspondence, feelings about the decision (e.g., confidence) and cancer-related anxiety.… Continue reading
