Angel Hoe-chi Au|Wendy Wing Tak Lam|Miranda Chan|Amy Or|Ava Kwong|Dacita Suen|Annie L. Wong|Ilona Juraskova|Teresa W.T. Wong|Richard Fielding
Development and pilot-testing of a Decision Aid for use among Chinese women facing breast cancer surgery
Post Graduate Medical Institute|University of Hong Kong|Marymount University|Kwong Wah Hospital|Breast Center|Queen Mary Hospital|Tung Wah Hospital|University of Hong Kong|Tung Wah Hospital|University of Sydney|Post Graduate Medical Institute|University of Hong Kong
background women choosing breast cancer surgery encounter treatment decisionmaking tdm difficulties cause psychological distress decision aids das may facilitate tdm das designed chinese populations developed da chinese women newly diagnosed breast cancer use initial surgical consultation aims conduct pilot study assess da acceptability utility among chinese women diagnosed breast cancer methods women preferred da booklet format booklet developed revised evaluated two consecutive pilot studies p1 p2 concluding initial diagnostic consultation 95 38 chinese women newly diagnosed breast cancer received draft revised draft da booklet respectively fourday postconsultation women questionnaires read responded assessing attitudes towards da understanding treatment options results original da readpartially read 6622 n 84 women whilst revised version readpartially read 7416 n 35 including subliterate women 2 076 p 0679 knowledge scores varied extent booklet read p1 f 1268 df 2 p 0001 p2 f 3744 df 2 p 0034 revised shorter version graphically rich resulted improved perceived utility except treatment options 2 550 p 0019 tdm guidance 2 819 p 0004 sections without increasing anxiety f 0689 p 0408 f 345 p 0073 conclusion da perceived acceptable useful women da effectiveness currently evaluated using randomized controlled trial