Making hard choices easier: a prospective, multicentre study to assess the efficacy of a fertility-related decision aid in young women with early-stage breast cancer
Making hard choices easier: a prospective, multicentre study to assess the efficacy of a fertility-related decision aid in young women with early-stage breast cancer
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DOI:
10.1038/bjc.2012.61
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发表时间:
2012-03-13
影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Friedlander, M.
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作者:
Peate, M.;Meiser, B.;Friedlander, M.
BACKGROUND: Fertility is a priority for many young women with breast cancer. Women need to be informed about interventions to retain fertility before chemotherapy so as to make good quality decisions. This study aimed to prospectively evaluate the efficacy of a fertility-related decision aid (DA).METHODS: A total of 120 newly diagnosed early-stage breast cancer patients from 19 Australian oncology clinics, aged 18-40 years and desired future fertility, were assessed on decisional conflict, knowledge, decision regret, and satisfaction about fertility-related treatment decisions. These were measured at baseline, 1 and 12 months, and were examined using linear mixed effects models.RESULTS: Compared with usual care, women who received the DA had reduced decisional conflict (beta = -1.51; 95% CI: -2.54 to 0.48; P = 0.004) and improved knowledge (beta = 0.09; 95% CI: 0.01-0.16; P = 0.02), after adjusting for education, desire for children and baseline uncertainty. The DA was associated with reduced decisional regret at 1 year (beta = -3.73; 95% CI: -7.12 to -0.35; P = 0.031), after adjusting for education. Women who received the DA were more satisfied with the information received on the impact of cancer treatment on fertility (P