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The relationship between physician and cancer patient when initiating adjuvant treatment and its association with sociodemographic and clinical variables.

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2018-04-02

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Jimenez-Fonseca, P
Calderon, C
Carmona-Bayonas, A
Muñoz, M M
Hernández, R
Mut Lloret, M
Ghanem, I
Beato, C
Cacho Lavín, D
Ivars Rubio, A

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The aim of this study was to analyze differences in physician and patient satisfaction in shared decision-making (SDM); patients' emotional distress, and coping in subjects with resected, non-metastatic cancer. 602 patients from 14 hospitals in Spain were surveyed. Information was collected regarding physician and patient satisfaction with SDM, participants' emotional distress and coping, as well as patient sociodemographic and clinical characteristics by means of specific, validated questionnaires. Overall, 11% of physicians and 19% of patients were dissatisfied with SDM; 22% of patients presented hopelessness or anxious preoccupation as coping strategies, and 56% presented emotional distress. By gender, female patients showed a higher prevalence of dissatisfaction with SDM (23 vs 14%), anxious preoccupation (26 vs 17%), and emotional distress (63 vs 44%) than males. Hopelessness was more prevalent in individuals with stage III disease than those with stages I-II (28 vs 18%). Physicians must be mindful of the importance of emotional support and individual characteristics when communicating treatment options, benefits, and adverse effects of each alternative to oncological patients.

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Adult
Aged
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
Decision Making
Female
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Male
Medical Oncology
Middle Aged
Neoplasms
Patient Satisfaction
Physicians
Socioeconomic Factors
Spain
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Cancer, Coping, Distress, Medical oncologist, Satisfaction, Shared decision-making

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