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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"decisional conflict"”.
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Women's decisions and decisional conflict regarding long term hormone replacement therapy.
… were: (1) to describe women's decisions and decisional conflict regarding LTP-HRT after being presented with the evidence of benefits and risks and clarifying values; (2) to describe the difference between those who accept or decline LTP-HRT in terms of: (a) expectations of LTP-HRT benefits …
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Treatment-related decisional conflict, quality of life, and comorbid illness in older adults with cancer
… between and among treatment-related decisional conflict, quality of life and comorbidity in older adults with cancer. An anonymous survey method was employed. The criteria for inclusion in this study were: (a) 65 years of age or older, (b) English-speaking, (c) ability to read English …
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the Order of Genetic Counseling and Ultrasound In the Second Trimester For Patients Screen Positive Down Syndrome: Effects On Patient Knowledge, Anxiety, Decision-Making, and Satisfaction
… following outcomes: state anxiety, knowledge, decisional conflict, and satisfaction. Respondents were recruited from patients who were referred to University of South Carolina's Specialty Clinic, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology with an indication of screen positive Down syndrome and …
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Decisional Needs of African, Caribbean, and Black Patients Diagnosed with Brain-Heart Conditions
… healthcare. These barriers contribute to unmet decisional needs and challenges in making informed health decisions. For my master's thesis, I aimed to investigate the decisional needs of ACB patients with brain-heart conditions and the unique challenges they encounter during decision-making …
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Quantitative clinical photography for managing the quality of life concerns arising from appearance change resulting from breast cancer and its treatment
… over the course of their cancer journey, such as decisional conflict, decisional regret, and anxiety. As more women become breast cancer survivors, more research and tools are needed to address these needs and challenges so that patients are better equipped to find their new normal after cancer. …
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Hospital-to-home care transition for dementia patients and family caregivers : discharge planning and decision-making experience of family caregivers
… expose family caregivers (FCGs) to significant decisional, informational, and emotional challenges. This dissertation explored the discharge planning and decision-making experiences of culturally diverse caregivers using longitudinal qualitative data analyzed across two time points. Guided by …
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Individualising prognostic stratification in non-metastatic prostate cancer: the development, validation and clinical impact assessment of the Predict Prostate tool.
… to shift perceptions around prognosis, reduce decisional conflict and uncertainty, and was popular with patients. Chapter 6 summates and concludes the thesis.
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Prediction, Communication, and Distribution of Breast Cancer Risk
… informed medical decisions, reduce patients' decisional conflict, and empower patients to choose a treatment strategy that best reflects their own values. Together, these results improve our understanding of the prediction and distribution of breast cancer risk among US Hispanic women, and …
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Risk Reduction Decision Making in Women with BRCA1/2 Gene Mutations
… prophylactic mastectomy. The perceived impact (conflict, regret, cancer worry, and general well-being) of risk-reducing option selected was also explored. The direction of these relationships indicates that having chosen prophylactic mastectomy was associated with less decisional conflict (r = …