What can patient-reported experience measures tell us about the variation in patients' experience of prostate cancer care? A cross-sectional study using survey data from the National Prostate Cancer Audit in England.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

A national survey aimed to measure how men with prostate cancer perceived their involvement in and decisions around their care immediately after diagnosis. This study aimed to describe any differences found by socio-demographic groups.

Design

Cross-sectional study of men who were diagnosed with and treated for prostate cancer.

Setting

The National Prostate Cancer Audit patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) survey in England.

Participants

Men diagnosed in 2014-2016, with non-metastatic prostate cancer, were surveyed. Responses from 32 796 men were individually linked to records from a national clinical audit and to administrative hospital data. Age, ethnicity, deprivation and disease risk classification were used to explore variation in respons

SUBMITTER: Morris M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10910410 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature