Patients' Views of Shared Decision-making and Decisional Conflict in Otolaryngologic Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

A patient's decision to undergo surgery may be fraught with uncertainty and decisional conflict. The unpredictable nature of the COVID-19 pandemic warrants further study into factors associated with patient decision-making.

Objective

To assess decisional conflict and patient-specific concerns for people undergoing otolaryngologic surgery during the pandemic.

Design, setting, participants

This prospective cross-sectional survey study was conducted via telephone from April 22 to August 31, 2020. English-speaking adults scheduled for surgery from a single academic surgical center were invited to participate. Individuals who were non-English speaking, lacked autonomous medical decision-making capacity, scheduled for emergent surgery, or had a communication disa

SUBMITTER: Wamkpah NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8430903 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature