A usability study of a computerized decision aid to help patients with, early stage papillary thyroid carcinoma in, decision-making on adjuvant radioactive iodine treatment

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sawka, Anna M ^a,b   Straus, Sharon ^b   Gafni, Amiram ^c   Meiyappan, Soumia ^a   O'Brien, Mary Ann ^c   Brierley, James D ^d   Tsang, Richard W ^d   Rotstein, Lorne ^d   Thabane, Lehana ^c   Rodin, Gary ^d   George, Susan R ^a,b   Goldstein, David P ^d  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision aid; Medical decision making; Patient education; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959940209     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.07.038     Document Type: Article

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