Potential Role of Cost and Quality of Life in Treatment Decisions for Arthritis-Related Knee Pain in African American and Latina Women
| Autor: | Linda Bucay-Harari, Anne Maurer, Roland J. Thorpe, Lynne C. Jones, Darrell J. Gaskin, Allyson Gittens, Taruja D Karmarkar, Elliott Tolbert, Giselle Casillas, James E. Wood |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Employment
medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Attitude of Health Personnel Cost-Benefit Analysis Clinical Decision-Making Primary care Medical care Choice Behavior Physicians Primary Care Decision Support Techniques 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life (healthcare) Rheumatology Medicine Humans 030203 arthritis & rheumatology African american Primary Health Care business.industry Patient Selection Health Care Costs Hispanic or Latino Recovery of Function Focus Groups Middle Aged Osteoarthritis Knee Focus group Arthralgia Culturally Competent Care Race Factors Black or African American Knee pain Workforce productivity Treatment Outcome Family medicine Quality of Life Female Treatment decision making medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Arthritis careresearchReferences. 72(5) |
| ISSN: | 2151-4658 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE The present study was undertaken to investigate whether Latina and African American women with arthritis-related knee pain and primary care providers who treat them believe their treatment decisions would benefit from having more information about the impact of treatment on their quality of life, medical care costs, and work productivity. METHODS We conducted 4 focus groups of Latina and African American women over age 45 years who had knee pain. We also conducted 2 focus groups with primary care providers who treated Latina and African American women for knee pain. The participants were recruited from the community. They were asked their opinions about a decision tool that presented information on a range of treatment options and their impacts on quality of life, medical care costs, and work productivity. They were asked whether providing this information would help them make better treatment decisions. We analyzed the focus group transcripts using ATLAS.ti. RESULTS We found that minority women and primary care providers endorsed the use of a decision-making tool that provided information of the impact of treatment on quality of life, medical care costs, and work productivity. Providers felt that patients would benefit from having the additional information but were concerned about its complexity and some patients' ability to comprehend the information. CONCLUSION Latina and African American women could make more informed treatment decisions for their knee pain using a decision-making tool that provides them with significant information about how various treatment options may impact their quality of life, medical care costs, and workforce productivity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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