Cancer patients' coping styles and doctor-patient communication

Ong, L.M.L.; Visser, Margreet; Zuuren, F.J. van; Rietbroek, Ron C.; Lammes, F. B.; Haes, J.C.J.M. de

doi:10.1016/s0738-3991(98)90171-9

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“…In agreement with other reports, we found patients to want more information when they expressed a higher preference for detailed information in general, wanted to participate in medical decision-making31 32 and had a monitoring coping style 28 32…”

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Under what conditions do patients want to be informed about their risk of a complication? A vignette study

et al. 2009

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General rightsIt is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: http://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. Patients were invited to indicate their wish to be informed and the importance of such information. In addition, sociodemograhic, illness-related and psychological characteristics were assessed. Main outcome measurements: Wish to be informed and importance of information. Results: Of 810 questionnaires, 68% were returned. Patients generally wished to be informed about low-risk complications, regardless of the indication for colonoscopy or the severity of the complication. The level of risk did matter, though (OR = 2.48, SE = 0.28, p = 0.001). The information was considered less important if done for population screening purposes or diagnosis of colon cancer, if the complication was less severe (bleeding) and if the risk was smaller (0.01% and 0.1%). Patients' information preference was also related to age, mood and coping style. Limitations: Difficulty of vignettes. Conclusions: Patients generally wish to be informed about all possible risks. However, this might become uninformative. A stepwise approach is suggested.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Under what conditions do patients want to be informed about their risk of a complication? A vignette study

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“…Only a few doctors are able to identify how much and what kind of information a certain patient wants (Fallowfield & Jenkins 1999). This is important, as cancer patients differ with regard to the amount of disease‐ and treatment‐related information they wish to receive (Ong et al. 1999).…”

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‘Satisfaction with care’: associations with health-related quality of life and psychosocial function among Swedish patients with endocrine gastrointestinal tumours

Essén

Larsson

Öberg

et al. 2002

European Journal of Cancer Care

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The aims of this study were to investigate 'satisfaction with care' and its possible relationships to hope, health-related quality of life, anxiety and depression. Eighty-five patients with endocrine gastrointestinal (GI) tumours responded to questionnaires a few days after a hospital visit. 'Satisfaction with care' was assessed by the Comprehensive Assessment of Satisfaction with Care (CASC), health-related quality of life by the EORTC QLQ C-30 and anxiety and depression by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Patients' highest satisfaction scores were obtained for 'general satisfaction' and 'nurses' and doctors' technical skills'. The lowest satisfaction was expressed for 'doctors' interpersonal skills', 'nurses' communication skills' and 'care organization'. Patients reporting a clinically relevant level of anxiety were less satisfied with several care aspects than those reporting less anxiety. Satisfaction with 'nurses' communication skills' and 'doctors' interpersonal skills' was associated with several aspects of health-related quality of life, whereas satisfaction with 'doctors' information', 'nurses' technical skills' and 'general satisfaction' was not. Satisfaction with psychosocial aspects of care is related to the psychosocial function of patients with endocrine GI tumours.

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“…Anxiety in particular is linked to avoidance or blunting behaviors (Dunkel-Schetter et al 1992; Miller 1995; Miller et al 1996; Nordin and Glimelius, 1998) that can undermine contact and communication with physicians and/or family members. Indeed, middle-aged and older patients can be helped to understand the connection between their coping and communication behaviors (Ong et al 1999; Dowsett et al 2000) and this may be best accomplished using Miller’s guidelines for tailoring psychosocial interventions to the individual’s health information-processing style (Miller et al 2001). With a better understanding of one’s own tendency to engage in monitoring and blunting behaviors in response to threatening health cues, patients may be helped to communicate more effectively with clinicians.…”

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A coping and communication support intervention tailored to older patients diagnosed with late-stage cancer

Rose

Radziewicz

Bowman

et al. 2008

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As our society ages, increasing numbers of older Americans will be diagnosed and eventually will die of cancer. To date, psycho-oncology interventions for advanced cancer patients have been more successful in reaching younger adult age groups and generally have not been designed to respond to the unique needs and preferences of older patients. Theories and research on successful aging (Baltes and Baltes 1990; Baltes 1997), health information processing style (Miller 1995;Miller et al 2001) and non-directive client-centered therapy (Rogers 1951(Rogers , 1967, have guided the development of a coping and communication support (CCS) intervention. Key components of this age-sensitive and tailored intervention are described, including problem domains addressed, intervention strategies used and the role of the CCS practitioner. Age group comparisons in frequency of contact, problems raised and intervention strategies used during the fi rst six weeks of follow up indicate that older patients were similar to middle-aged patients in their level of engagement, problems faced and intervention strategies used. Middle-aged patients were more likely to have problems communicating with family members at intervention start up and practical problems as well in follow up contacts. This is the fi rst intervention study specifi cally designed to be age sensitive and to examine age differences in engagement from the early treatment phase for late-stage cancer through end of life. This tailored intervention is expected to positively affect patients' quality of care and quality of life over time.

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Cancer patients' coping styles and doctor-patient communication

Cited by 35 publications

References 30 publications

Under what conditions do patients want to be informed about their risk of a complication? A vignette study

Under what conditions do patients want to be informed about their risk of a complication? A vignette study

‘Satisfaction with care’: associations with health-related quality of life and psychosocial function among Swedish patients with endocrine gastrointestinal tumours

A coping and communication support intervention tailored to older patients diagnosed with late-stage cancer

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