Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here to sign up for SAGE Journal Email Alerts today!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Medical Decision Making
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Chapman, G. B.
Right arrow Articles by Hughes, K. K.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Chapman, G. B.
Right arrow Articles by Hughes, K. K.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?

Effects of Patient Education on Decisions about Breast Cancer Treatments

A Preliminary Report

Gretchen B. Chapman, PhD

Arthur S. Elstein, PhD

Katharine Kostbade Hughes, PhD, RN

The authors examined the effects of materials for educating patients about treatment options for breast cancer on knowledge about the disease, preferences for alternative treatments, and how changes in knowledge and preferences were related. Eighty-two undergraduate students acted as advisors to a hypothetical patient. They completed a knowledge test and rated their preferences for three options-breast-sparing surgery with radiation, mastectomy followed by reconstructive surgery, and mastectomy followed by use of a breast prosthesis— before and after viewing a videotape or a booklet version of the educational materials. Both formats increased knowledge scores. Treatment preferences were not affected by reading the booklet, but viewing the videotape resulted in a preference shift toward breast-sparing surgery. This media difference may be due to features of the video that were not reproduced in the booklet, such as interviews with other patients. Knowledge gains were uncorrelated with preference changes. Key words: patient decision making; patient education; breast cancer; educational technology; video; knowledge; preferences. (Med Decis Making 1995;15:231-239)

Medical Decision Making, Vol. 15, No. 3, 231-239 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9501500306
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 JCOHome page
J. F. Waljee, M. A.M. Rogers, and A. K. Alderman
Decision Aids and Breast Cancer: Do They Influence Choice for Surgery and Knowledge of Treatment Options?
J. Clin. Oncol., March 20, 2007; 25(9): 1067 - 1073.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Mayo Clin Proc.Home page
C. P. Haakenson, K. S. Vickers, S. S. Cha, C. M. Vachon, J. M. Thielen, K. J. Kircher, and S. Pruthi
Efficacy of a Simple, Low-Cost Educational Intervention in Improving Knowledge About Risks and Benefits of Screening Mammography
Mayo Clin. Proc., June 1, 2006; 81(6): 783 - 791.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Med Decis MakingHome page
P. B. Peele, L. A. Siminoff, Y. Xu, and P. M. Ravdin
Decreased Use of Adjuvant Breast Cancer Therapy in a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Decision Aid with Individualized Risk Information
Med Decis Making, May 1, 2005; 25(3): 301 - 307.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 JCOHome page
T. J. Whelan and C. Loprinzi
Physician/Patient Decision Aids for Adjuvant Therapy
J. Clin. Oncol., March 10, 2005; 23(8): 1627 - 1630.
[Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J Natl Cancer Inst MonogrHome page
M. Levine and T. Whelan
Decision-Making Process--Communicating Risk/Benefits: Is There an Ideal Technique?
J Natl Cancer Inst Monographs, December 1, 2001; 2001(30): 143 - 145.
[Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Med Decis MakingHome page
S. Molenaar, M. A.G. Sprangers, F. C.E. Postma-Schuit, E. J. Th. Rutgers, J. Noorlander, J. Hendriks, and H. C.J.M. De Haes
Interpretive Review : Feasibility and Effects of Decision Aids
Med Decis Making, January 1, 2000; 20(1): 112 - 127.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Med Decis MakingHome page
P. F.M. Stalmeier, I. J. Unic, L. C.G. Verhoef, and W. A.J. Van Daal
Evaluation of a Shared Decision Making Program for Women Suspected to Have a Genetic Predisposition to Breast Cancer: Preliminary Results
Med Decis Making, August 1, 1999; 19(3): 230 - 241.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 JCOHome page
C. K. Daugherty
Impact of Therapeutic Research on Informed Consent and the Ethics of Clinical Trials: A Medical Oncology Perspective
J. Clin. Oncol., May 1, 1999; 17(5): 1601 - 1601.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J Natl Cancer Inst MonogrHome page
A. M. O'Connor, V. Fiset, C. DeGrasse, I. D. Graham, W. Evans, D. Stacey, A. Laupacis, and P. Tugwell
Decision Aids for Patients Considering Options Affecting Cancer Outcomes: Evidence of Efficacy and Policy Implications
J Natl Cancer Inst Monographs, January 1, 1999; 1999(25): 67 - 80.
[Abstract] [Full Text]

Home page
 Med Decis MakingHome page
H. A. Llewellyn-Thomas, J. I. Williams, L. Levy, and C.D. Naylor
Using a Trade-off Technique to Assess Patients' Treatment Preferences for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Med Decis Making, August 1, 1996; 16(3): 262 - 272.
[Abstract] [PDF]