Predictors of physicians’ communication performance in a decision-making encounter with a simulated advanced-stage cancer patient: A longitudinal study

2017 ◽  
Vol 100 (9) ◽  
pp. 1672-1679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yves Libert ◽  
Delphine Canivet ◽  
Catherine Ménard ◽  
Laëtitia Van Achte ◽  
Christine Farvacques ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Cancer Patient ◽  
Advanced Stage ◽  
Communication Performance ◽  
Advanced Stage Cancer

scholarly journals A longitudinal study of pain variability and its correlates in ambulatory patients with advanced stage cancer

Cancer ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 118 (24) ◽  
pp. 6278-6286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junya Zhu ◽  
Roger B. Davis ◽  
Sherri O. Stuver ◽  
Donna L. Berry ◽  
Susan Block ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Advanced Stage ◽  
Ambulatory Patients ◽  
Advanced Stage Cancer

Robustness of Decision-Making Competence: Evidence from an 11-year longitudinal study

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Parker ◽  
Wandi Bruine de Bruin ◽  
Baruch Fischhoff ◽  
Joshua Weller
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Longitudinal Study

scholarly journals A population-based evaluation of an intervention to improve advanced stage cancer pain management

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 342-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Hoffmann ◽  
Heike Munzinger ◽  
Elisabeth Horstkotte ◽  
Eberhard Greiser
Keyword(s):  
Pain Management ◽  
Cancer Pain ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Advanced Stage ◽  
Cancer Pain Management ◽  
Advanced Stage Cancer

Symptom Experiences: Perceptual Accuracy Between Advanced-Stage Cancer Patients and Family Caregivers in the Home Care Setting

2002 ◽  
Vol 20 (16) ◽  
pp. 3495-3507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle M. Lobchuk ◽  
Lesley F. Degner
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Absolute Difference ◽  
Advanced Stage ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Symptom Experiences ◽  
Advanced Stage Cancer

PURPOSE: This study used a comparative descriptive design to compare family caregivers’ and advanced-stage cancer patients’ perceptions of patients’ multidimensional symptom experiences on presence, frequency, severity, and distress. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A convenience sample of 98 dyads, composed of advanced-stage heterogeneous cancer patients and their caregivers, completed the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale in the home care setting on a one-time basis. This scale is a 32-item Likert-type scale for assessing the presence, frequency, severity, and distress arising from symptoms in cancer patients. RESULTS: There was confirmation of trends previously described in related studies where, for example, caregivers tend to overreport on symptom experiences. However, the degree of absolute difference between patient and caregiver responses was normally around 1 unit (on a theoretical range of 0 to 4 units). Levels of patient-caregiver agreement were better on more concrete questions related to symptom frequency, severity, and distress than on broad questions related to the presence of a symptom. Patients and caregivers achieved better levels of agreement on physical versus psychological symptoms. CONCLUSION: The findings indicated that family caregivers can provide reasonable proxy or complementary reports on patient symptom experiences of frequency, severity, and distress. However, family caregivers have greater difficulty in achieving high levels of accuracy on psychological versus physical symptoms.

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