Preferences of lung cancer patients for treatment and decision-making : a systematic literature review

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The consideration of patient preferences in decision-making has become more important, especially for life-threatening diseases such as lung cancer. This paper aims to identify the preferences of lung cancer patients with regard to their treatment and involvement in the decision-making process. We conducted a systematic literature review from 12 electronic databases and included studies published between 2000 and 2012. A total of 20 studies were included in this review. These revealed that lung cancer patients do have preferences that should be considered in treatment decisions; however, these preferences are not homogenous. We found that patients often consider life extension to be more important than the health-related quality of life or undesirable side effects. This preference seems to depend on patient age. Nausea and vomiting are the most important side effects to be avoided; the relevance of other side effects differs highly between subgroups. The majority of lung cancer patients, nevertheless, seem to prefer a passive rather than an active role in decision-making, although the self-reported preferences differed partly from the physicians' perceptions. Overall, we identified an urgent need for larger studies that are suitable for subgroup analyses and incorporate multi-attributive measurement techniques.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

European journal of cancer care - 25(2016), 4 vom: 26. Juli, Seite 580-91

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schmidt, K [VerfasserIn]
Damm, K [VerfasserIn]
Prenzler, A [VerfasserIn]
Golpon, H [VerfasserIn]
Welte, T [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Decision-making
Journal Article
Lung cancer
Patient
Preference
Review
Systematic Review
Systematic review
Treatment

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Date Completed 10.04.2017

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/ecc.12425

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM255648375