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1. The use of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Fanconi anaemia patients: a survey of decision making among families in the US and Canada.

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Hutson, Sadie P., Han, Paul K. J., Hamilton, Jada G., Rife, Sean C., Al-Rahawan, Mohamad M., Moser, Richard P., Duty, Seth P., Anand, Sheeba, and Alter, Blanche P.

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*APLASTIC anemia treatment, *DECISION making, *CHI-squared test, *CONFIDENCE intervals, *STATISTICAL correlation, *HEMATOPOIETIC stem cell transplantation, *PATIENT-family relations, *PARENTS, *QUALITY of life, *QUESTIONNAIRES, *RESEARCH, *RESEARCH funding, *SCALE analysis (Psychology), *SPOUSES, *STATISTICAL hypothesis testing, *STATISTICS, *T-test (Statistics), *QUALITATIVE research, *MULTIPLE regression analysis, *QUANTITATIVE research, *CROSS-sectional method, *FAMILY attitudes, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *ODDS ratio, RESEARCH evaluation
Abstract

The article presents the study that explores on the use of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT) in the treatment of Fanconi anemia (FA) patients in Canada and the U.S. The topics discussed include the attributes of FA, the factors that influenced the decision making of FA patients and family members on SCT, and the benefits and probable risks of SCT.

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2015
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2. Do physicians' recommendations pull patients away from their preferred treatment options?

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Mendel, Rosmarie, Traut‐Mattausch, Eva, Frey, Dieter, Bühner, Markus, Berthele, Achim, Kissling, Werner, and Hamann, Johannes

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*COUNSELING, *PATIENT satisfaction, *DECISION making in clinical medicine, *CHI-squared test, *CONFIDENCE, *CONFIDENCE intervals, *EPIDEMIOLOGY, *INTERVIEWING, *MULTIPLE sclerosis, *PHYSICIAN-patient relations, *STATISTICAL sampling, *STATISTICAL hypothesis testing, *STATISTICS, *T-test (Statistics), *PATIENT participation, *DATA analysis, *DATA analysis software, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *PSYCHOLOGY, DRUG therapy for schizophrenia
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Context and objective Shared decision making is especially advocated for preference-sensitive decisions. We investigated whether physicians' recommendations pull patients away from their preferred treatment option when making a preference-sensitive decision. Design, participants and methods Inpatients ( N = 102 with schizophrenia, N = 101 with multiple sclerosis) were presented with a hypothetical scenario (the choice between two drugs). They were first asked about their preferences concerning the two drugs and then they received a (fictitious) clinician's recommendation that was contrary to their preferences. Subsequently they made a final choice between the two drugs. Main outcome measures The main outcome measure was whether the patient followed the physician's advice in the hypothetical scenario. Thereby patient's (pre-recommendation) preferences served as a baseline. Results In the decision scenario, about 48% of the patients with schizophrenia and 26% of the patients with multiple sclerosis followed the advice of their physician and thus chose the treatment option that went against their initial preferences. Patients who followed their physician's advice were less satisfied with their decision than patients not following their physician's advice (schizophrenia: t = 2.61, P = 0.01; multiple sclerosis: t = 2.67, P = 0.009). Discussion and conclusions When sharing decisions with patients, physicians should be aware that their advice might influence patients' decisions away from their preferred treatment option. They should encourage their patients to identify their own preferences and help to find the treatment option most consistent with them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2012
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