Reviewing next of kin regrets in surgical decision-making: cross-sectional analysis of systematically searched literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Decision-making concerning relatives undergoing surgery is challenging. It remains unclear to what extent implicated next of kin eventually regret their decisions and how this regret is assessed. Our aim was to systematically review the literature on decisional regret of next of kin and to describe the assessment tools used and the surgical populations studied.

Methods

We included interventional or observational, quantitative or qualitative studies reporting the measurement of decisional regret of next of kin concerning relatives undergoing surgery. We searched a variety of databases without restriction on publication year. We assessed the quality of reporting of quantitative studies using the NIH Quality Assessment Tool for Observational Cohort and Cross-Sectiona

SUBMITTER: Maillard J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9877257 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature