Improving decision making in larynx cancer by developing a decision aid: A mixed methods approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patients diagnosed with advanced larynx cancer face a decisional process in which they can choose between radiotherapy, chemoradiotherapy, or a total laryngectomy with adjuvant radiotherapy. Clinicians do not always agree on the best clinical treatment, making the decisional process for patients a complex problem.

Methods

Guided by the International Patient Decision Aid (PDA) Standards, we followed three developmental phases for which we held semi-structured in-depth interviews with patients and physicians, thinking-out-loud sessions, and a study-specific questionnaire. Audio-recorded interviews were verbatim transcribed, thematically coded, and analyzed. Phase 1 consisted of an evaluation of the decisional needs and the regular counseling process; phase 2 tested t

SUBMITTER: Petersen JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6899876 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature