Coleman P K, Reardon D C, Lee M B
Human Development and Family Studies, Bowling Green State University, 16D Family and Consumer Sciences Building, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA.
J Med Ethics. 2006 Aug;32(8):435-8. doi: 10.1136/jme.2005.014274.
To study the preferences of patients for information related to elective procedures.
A survey was carried out using a sample of 187 women. The majority of whom were on a low-income, who obtained obstetric or gynaecological services at St Joseph Regional Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, while they were in a waiting room.
Many of the complications, including those that are uncommon and less serious, were considered to be relevant to the medical decisions of most patients. Average seriousness ratings associated with complications of various elective procedures were in the range of moderate to high. A frequency of complications of 1:100 or higher would factor into most women's elective treatment decisions. Women indicated a preference for receiving as much or more information pertaining to complications associated with particular elective obstetric or gynaecological procedures as other elective procedures.
Most women wish to be informed of risks and treatment alternatives, rate many complications as serious, and are likely to use information provided to make elective treatment decisions.
研究患者对择期手术相关信息的偏好。
对187名女性进行了一项调查。其中大多数人收入较低，她们在威斯康星州密尔沃基市的圣约瑟夫地区医疗中心的候诊室接受产科或妇科服务时参与了调查。
许多并发症，包括那些不常见且不太严重的并发症，被认为与大多数患者的医疗决策相关。各种择期手术并发症的平均严重程度评级为中度到高度。并发症发生率为1:100或更高会影响大多数女性的择期治疗决策。女性表示，她们希望获得与特定产科或妇科择期手术并发症相关的信息，其数量与其他择期手术的相关信息一样多或更多。
大多数女性希望了解风险和治疗选择，将许多并发症视为严重情况，并且可能会利用所提供的信息来做出择期治疗决策。
