Patient-Doctor Communication for disclosure of prognosis

本研究旨在探讨向血液系统恶性肿瘤患者传达预后信息的最佳方式，并评估这种预后信息是否会影响患者的身体和/或心理状态。考虑到日本和英语国家之间的文化差异，我们制作了Dr. Butow等人的日文版调查问卷，以衡量患者对预后信息传递方式的偏好。67例恶性血液病患者被纳入研究，并评估问卷的效度。

This study was conducted to examine the best ways of communicating prognostic information to patients with hematological malignancies, and to assess whether the kind of prognostic information affects patients' physical and/or psychological status. By taking account of the differences of cultural differences between Japan and English-speaking countries, we have made Japanese version of questionnaire by Dr. Butow et. al. measuring patient preferences for the manner of delivery of prognostic information. Sixty seven patients with hematological malignancies were enrolled in the study and the validity of the questionnaire was evaluated.