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- Title
Proper information during the surgical decision-making process lowers the anxiety of patients with high-grade gliomas.
- Authors
Díaz, José L.; Barreto, Pilar; Gallego, José M.; Barbero, Javier; Bayés, Ramón; Barcia, Juan A.
- Abstract
We aim to analyse the relationship between the quality of information during the decision-making process regarding surgery to treat high-grade gliomas and the level of anxiety of the patients. This is a transversal, descriptive and correlational study on 26 patients with a clinical and radiological diagnosis of high-grade glioma. They scored the quality (in terms of comprehension and satisfaction) of information received about the treatment options and prognosis during the surgical decision-making process, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale questionnaire (HADS) was applied immediately afterward. Lower levels of anxiety were observed in patients who showed a desire to receive information regarding their illness, those with a higher degree of comprehension, and those with a higher level of satisfaction with the information provided. An improvement in the communication process contributes to a decrease in the levels of anxiety, and consequently to enhancement of the well-being of these patients.
- Subjects
OPERATIVE surgery; DECISION making; GLIOMAS; NERVOUS system tumors; ANXIETY; CLINICAL trials
- Publication
Acta Neurochirurgica, 2009, Vol 151, Issue 4, p357
- ISSN
0001-6268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00701-009-0195-7