Factors influencing patient satisfaction after treatments for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Patient-reported outcome measures, including satisfaction with treatment decisions, provide important information in addition to clinical outcomes, survival and decision-making in lung cancer surgery. We investigated associations between preoperative clinical and socio-demographic factors and patient-reported satisfaction 6 weeks after radical treatment for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Methods

We conducted a sub-group analysis of the prospective observational longitudinal study of 225 participants in two treatment groups-surgical (VATS) and radiotherapy (SABR). The Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire-18 (PSQ-18) was used to measure patient satisfaction 6 weeks after treatment. Clinical variables, Index of Multiple Deprivation decile and Decision sel

SUBMITTER: Pompili C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9349300 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature