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An exploration of relative health stock in advanced cancer patients.
- Source :
- Medical Decision Making; Nov/Dec2004, Vol. 24 Issue 6, p614-624, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to empirically test whether relative health stock, a measure of patients' sense of loss in their health due to illness, influences the treatment decisions of patients facing life-threatening conditions. Specifically, they estimated the effect of relative health stock on advanced cancer patients' decisions to participate in phase I clinical trials. METHOD: A multicenter study was conducted to survey 328 advanced cancer patients who were offered the opportunity to participate in phase I trials. The authors asked patients to estimate the probabilities of therapeutic benefits and toxicity, their relative health stock, risk preference, and the importance of quality of life. RESULTS: Controlling for health-related quality of life, an increase in relative health stock by 10 percentage points reduced the odds of choosing to participate in a phase I trial by 16% (odds ratio = 0.84, 95% confidence interval = 0.72, 0.97). CONCLUSION: Relative health stock affects advanced cancer patients' treatment decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0272989X
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Medical Decision Making
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 106598286
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989x04271041