Anticipated regret in shared decision-making: a randomized experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Explicit consideration of anticipated regret is not part of the standard shared decision-making protocols. This pilot study aimed to compare decisions about a hypothetical surgery for breast cancer and examined whether regret is a consideration in treatment decisions.

Methods

In this randomized experimental study, 184 healthy female volunteers were randomized to receive a standard decision aid (control) or one with information on post-surgical regret (experimental). The main outcome measures were the proportion of subjects choosing lumpectomy vs. mastectomy and the proportion reporting that regret played a role in the decision made. We hypothesized that a greater proportion of the experimental group (regret-incorporated decision aid) would make a surgical treatmen

SUBMITTER: Speck RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4776353 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature