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Assessment of content completeness and accuracy of prostate cancer patient education materials
Anne M Walling1, Sally Maliski, Alex Bogorad
1Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Box 951738, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1738, USA.
Abstract:
Providing care for men with prostate cancer is particularly challenging because of the controversy surrounding screening and the paucity of randomized control trials comparing treatments. Therefore, a patient's personal preferences, and adequate patient education become central to well-informed medical decision-making. Acknowledging the need for high quality education materials for men with prostate cancer, we developed and pilot tested a measure to assess the completeness and accuracy of available materials. The measure rates materials on their inclusion and accuracy of the primary knowledge base a patient should acquire before deciding on prostate cancer screening or treatment, to prepare for staging, and to manage treatment and disease-related symptoms. We found that many available prostate cancer education materials are factually accurate, but omit information that is important and relevant to patients with prostate cancer.
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