Influence of Men’s Personality and Social Support on Treatment Decision-Making for Localized Prostate Cancer
Joint Authors
Reamer, Elyse
Yang, Felix
Holmes-Rovner, Margaret
Liu, Joe
Xu, Jinping
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-07-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Optimal treatment for localized prostate cancer (LPC) is controversial.
We assessed the effects of personality, specialists seen, and involvement of spouse, family, or friends on treatment decision/decision-making qualities.
Methods.
We surveyed a population-based sample of men ≤ 75 years with newly diagnosed LPC about treatment choice, reasons for the choice, decision-making difficulty, satisfaction, and regret.
Results.
Of 160 men (71 black, 89 white), with a mean age of 61 (±7.3) years, 59% chose surgery, 31% chose radiation, and 10% chose active surveillance (AS)/watchful waiting (WW).
Adjusting for age, race, comorbidity, tumor risk level, and treatment status, men who consulted friends during decision-making were more likely to choose curative treatment (radiation or surgery) than WW/AS (OR = 11.1, p<0.01; 8.7, p<0.01).
Men who saw a radiation oncologist in addition to a urologist were more likely to choose radiation than surgery (OR = 6.0, p=0.04).
Men who consulted family or friends (OR = 2.6, p<0.01; 3.7, p<0.01) experienced greater decision-making difficulty.
No personality traits (pessimism, optimism, or faith) were associated with treatment choice/decision-making quality measures.
Conclusions.
In addition to specialist seen, consulting friends increased men’s likelihood of choosing curative treatment.
Consulting family or friends increased decision-making difficulty.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Reamer, Elyse& Yang, Felix& Holmes-Rovner, Margaret& Liu, Joe& Xu, Jinping. 2017. Influence of Men’s Personality and Social Support on Treatment Decision-Making for Localized Prostate Cancer. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1133948
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Reamer, Elyse…[et al.]. Influence of Men’s Personality and Social Support on Treatment Decision-Making for Localized Prostate Cancer. BioMed Research International No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1133948
American Medical Association (AMA)
Reamer, Elyse& Yang, Felix& Holmes-Rovner, Margaret& Liu, Joe& Xu, Jinping. Influence of Men’s Personality and Social Support on Treatment Decision-Making for Localized Prostate Cancer. BioMed Research International. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1133948
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1133948