The Treatment Decision-Making Process: Age Differences in a Sample of Women Recently Diagnosed With Nonrecurrent, Early-Stage Breast Cancer
| Autor: | Linda Laliberte, Ann C. Petrisek, Vincent Mor, Susan M. Allen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Multivariate analysis Decision Making Breast Neoplasms Context (language use) Bivariate analysis Nonprobability sampling Breast cancer Humans Medicine Stage (cooking) Aged Retrospective Studies Gynecology Physician-Patient Relations business.industry Information seeking Age Factors Cancer General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Logistic Models Multivariate Analysis Female Patient Participation Geriatrics and Gerontology business Gerontology Demography |
| Zdroj: | The Gerontologist. 37:598-608 |
| ISSN: | 1758-5341 0016-9013 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/geront/37.5.598 |
| Popis: | This research utilizes retrospective, self-report data collected from a nonprobability sample of women recently diagnosed with nonrecurrent, early-stage breast cancer to better understand how the treatment decision-making process varies with patient age. Three important areas — context, decision-making style, and influencing factors — are examined using bivariate and multivariate analyses. Findings indicate that although patients recalled similar contextual attributes, they reported attitudes, behavior, and considerations that differed by age. Older women were less likely than their younger counterparts to have desired participation in therapy selection, sought out medical information, or considered the possibility of recurrence when making treatment decisions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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