外科医生对最大限度医疗护理的偏好与建议对低风险甲状腺癌进行更广泛的手术有关
Alexis G Antunez1, Megan C Saucke2, Kyle J Bushaw2
1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
概括
外科医生倾向于最大化医疗护理,称为"最大化-最小化",与推更广泛的甲状腺癌手术相关. 意识到这些趋势可能会减少低风险病例的过度治疗.
科学领域:
- 内分泌学和代谢性疾病.
- 手术瘤学手术瘤学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 影响甲状腺切除术决定的患者因素已知,但广泛手术的外科医生级驱动因素仍然不太了解.
- 了解外科医生的态度对于解决甲状腺癌管理中的潜在过度治疗至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查外科医生对乳头甲状腺癌的手术建议及其信仰/态度之间的关联.
- 检查医学最大化-最小化倾向在甲状腺癌手术决策中的作用.
主要方法:
- 向222名甲状腺外科医生发送了一项横截面调查,其中149人回答了 (67.1%的响应率).
- 记录了外科医生对模拟的低风险乳头甲状腺癌病例的建议.
- 外科医生完成了与癌症相关的担忧和医学最大化-最小化倾向的验证秤.
主要成果:
- 34.9%的外科医生建议进行全甲状腺切除术 (带或不带中央部解剖),而65.1%的外科医生则建议进行分分泌术.
- 推全甲状腺切除术的外科医生在医学上显著提高了最大化-最小化得分 (p=0.03) 和与癌症相关的担忧 (p=0.02).
- 最大化者推全甲状腺切除术的可能性是2.4倍,即使控制了其他因素 (p=0.047).
结论:
- 外科医生对医学最大化-最小化的倾向与推更广泛的甲状腺切除术对低风险的乳头甲状腺癌有关.
- 这些发现表明,外科医生的特定态度可能会导致甲状腺癌的过度治疗模式.
- 增加外科医生对其最大化-最小化倾向的认识,可能有助于改进外科推,减少不必要的手术.
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