Physician uncertainty aversion impacts medical decision making for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia: results of a national survey.

ABSTRACT: Elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia can be treated with intensive chemotherapy, low-intensity therapy such as low-dose aracytine or hypomethylating agents, or best supportive care. The choice between these treatments is a function of many patient-related and disease-related factors. We investigated how physicians' behavioral characteristics affect medical decision-making between intensive and non-intensive therapy in this setting. A nationwide cross-sectional online survey of hematologists collected data on medical decision-making for 6 clinical vignettes involving older acute myeloid leukemia patients that were representative of routine practice. Questionnaires elicited physicians' demographic and occupational characteristics along with their individual behavioral characteristics

SUBMITTER: Bories P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6269286 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature