Patient Preferences for Test Result Notification.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patients are increasingly being given access to their test results, but little is known about how preferences vary with the test under consideration or the results of the test (normal or abnormal).

Objective

This study was conducted to examine preferences for test result communication.

Design, setting, and participants

We surveyed adults to explore their preferences for test result notification for three common diagnostic tests of varying "emotional impact" (dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry [DXA], genital herpes, and cancer biopsy) when test results were 1) normal and 2) abnormal. We conducted our survey between June and August 2012 on the campus of an academic medical center. For each scenario, subjects were asked to rank seven methods that might be used t

SUBMITTER: Shultz SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4617924 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature