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| Title |
What surgeons tell patients and what patients want to know before major cancer surgery: a qualitative study
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| Published in |
BMC Cancer, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12885-016-2292-3 |
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| Authors |
Angus G. K. McNair, F MacKichan, J. L. Donovan, S. T. Brookes, K. N. L. Avery, S. M. Griffin, T. Crosby, J. M. Blazeby |
| Abstract |
The information surgeons impart to patients and information patients want about surgery for cancer is important but rarely examined. This study explored information provided by surgeons and patient preferences for information in consultations in which surgery for oesophageal cancer surgery was discussed. Pre-operation consultations in which oesophagectomy was discussed were studied in three United Kingdom hospitals and patients were subsequently interviewed. Consultations and interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed in full and anonymized. Interviews elicited views about the information provided by surgeons and patients' preferences for information. Thematic analysis of consultation-interview pairs was used to investigate similarities and differences in the information provided by surgeons and desired by patients. Fifty two audio-recordings from 31 patients and 7 surgeons were obtained (25 consultations and 27 patient interviews). Six consultations were not recorded because of equipment failure and four patients declined an interview. Surgeons all provided consistent, extensive information on technical operative details and in-hospital surgical risks. Consultations rarely included discussion of the longer-term outcomes of surgery. Whilst patients accepted that information about surgery and risks was necessary, they really wanted details about long-term issues including recovery, impact on quality of life and survival. This study demonstrated a need for surgeons to provide information of importance to patients concerning the longer term outcomes of surgery. It is proposed that "core information sets" are developed, based on surgeons' and patients' views, to use as a minimum in consultations to initiate discussion and meet information needs prior to cancer surgery. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 46 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 24 | 52% |
| Ireland | 5 | 11% |
| Canada | 4 | 9% |
| United States | 3 | 7% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 9 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 20 | 43% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 16 | 35% |
| Scientists | 9 | 20% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 84 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 83 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 12 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 11% |
| Researcher | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 14 | 17% |
| Unknown | 26 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 30 | 36% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 14% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 4% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 4% |
| Psychology | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
| Unknown | 28 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 31. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 November 2020.
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#1,276,050
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#168
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#21,693
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#4
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