TY - JOUR
T1 - Addressing patients' information needs: a first evaluation of a question prompt sheet in the pretreatment consultation for patients with esophageal cancer
AU - Smets, E. M. A.
AU - van Heijl, M.
AU - van Wijngaarden, A. K. S.
AU - Henselmans, I.
AU - van Berge Henegouwen, M. I.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This study aims to develop and pilot a question prompt sheet to assist esophageal cancer patients to obtain desired information in the consultation in which potentially curative esophagectomy is discussed. Whether a prompt sheet affected patients' question asking, the number and scope of topics discussed, the length of the consultation, and patients' satisfaction is investigated. Patients (n= 30) were randomized either to receive care as usual (control group) or to receive a prompt sheet (intervention group). All patients completed a baseline questionnaire, their consultations were audio-recorded and content-coded, and they received a structured telephone interview 2 days after the consultation to assess satisfaction. Patients provided with the prompt sheet marked a median of 19 questions. They asked significantly more questions as compared with patients in the control group (median of 12 vs. 8 questions). Questions mainly addressed treatment options and procedures. No differences were found with regard to consultation length and patient satisfaction. Our results suggest that providing patients with a simple, easy-to-implement tool such as a question prompt is appreciated and helps patients to ask more questions during the consultation without increasing the length of the consultation
AB - This study aims to develop and pilot a question prompt sheet to assist esophageal cancer patients to obtain desired information in the consultation in which potentially curative esophagectomy is discussed. Whether a prompt sheet affected patients' question asking, the number and scope of topics discussed, the length of the consultation, and patients' satisfaction is investigated. Patients (n= 30) were randomized either to receive care as usual (control group) or to receive a prompt sheet (intervention group). All patients completed a baseline questionnaire, their consultations were audio-recorded and content-coded, and they received a structured telephone interview 2 days after the consultation to assess satisfaction. Patients provided with the prompt sheet marked a median of 19 questions. They asked significantly more questions as compared with patients in the control group (median of 12 vs. 8 questions). Questions mainly addressed treatment options and procedures. No differences were found with regard to consultation length and patient satisfaction. Our results suggest that providing patients with a simple, easy-to-implement tool such as a question prompt is appreciated and helps patients to ask more questions during the consultation without increasing the length of the consultation
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-2050.2011.01274.x
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-2050.2011.01274.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 22054056
SN - 1120-8694
VL - 25
SP - 512
EP - 519
JO - Diseases of the Esophagus
JF - Diseases of the Esophagus
IS - 6
ER -