TY - JOUR
T1 - Helping men make an informed decision about prostate cancer screening
T2 - A pilot study of telephone counseling
AU - Costanza, Mary E.
AU - Luckmann, Roger S.
AU - Rosal, Milagros
AU - White, Mary Jo
AU - LaPelle, Nancy
AU - Partin, Melissa
AU - Cranos, Caroline
AU - Leung, Katherine G.
AU - Foley, Christine
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by NIH grant R21 CA 108666 . The authors thank Amin Vidal for development of the CATC system.
PY - 2011/2
Y1 - 2011/2
N2 - Objective: Evaluate a computer-assisted telephone counseling (CATC) decision aid for men considering a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test. Methods: Eligible men were invited by their primary care providers (PCPs) to participate. Those consenting received an educational booklet followed by CATC. The counselor assessed stage of readiness, reviewed booklet information, corrected knowledge deficits and helped with a values clarification exercise. The materials presented advantages and disadvantages of being screened and did not advocate for testing or for not testing. Outcome measures included changes in stage, decisional conflict, decisional satisfaction, perceived vulnerability and congruence of a PSA testing decision with a pros/cons score. Baseline and final surveys were administered by telephone. Results: There was an increase in PSA knowledge (p< 0.001), and in decisional satisfaction (p< 0.001), a decrease in decisional conflict (p< 0.001), and a general consistency of those decisions with the man's values. Among those initially who had not made a decision, 83.1% made a decision by final survey with decisions equally for or against screening. Conclusions: The intervention provides realistic, unbiased and effective decision support for men facing a difficult and confusing decision. Practice implications: Our intervention could potentially replace a discussion of PSA testing with the PCP for most men.
AB - Objective: Evaluate a computer-assisted telephone counseling (CATC) decision aid for men considering a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test. Methods: Eligible men were invited by their primary care providers (PCPs) to participate. Those consenting received an educational booklet followed by CATC. The counselor assessed stage of readiness, reviewed booklet information, corrected knowledge deficits and helped with a values clarification exercise. The materials presented advantages and disadvantages of being screened and did not advocate for testing or for not testing. Outcome measures included changes in stage, decisional conflict, decisional satisfaction, perceived vulnerability and congruence of a PSA testing decision with a pros/cons score. Baseline and final surveys were administered by telephone. Results: There was an increase in PSA knowledge (p< 0.001), and in decisional satisfaction (p< 0.001), a decrease in decisional conflict (p< 0.001), and a general consistency of those decisions with the man's values. Among those initially who had not made a decision, 83.1% made a decision by final survey with decisions equally for or against screening. Conclusions: The intervention provides realistic, unbiased and effective decision support for men facing a difficult and confusing decision. Practice implications: Our intervention could potentially replace a discussion of PSA testing with the PCP for most men.
KW - Computer-assisted telephone counseling
KW - Interactive decision aid
KW - PSA screening
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pec.2010.05.011
DO - 10.1016/j.pec.2010.05.011
M3 - Article
C2 - 20554423
AN - SCOPUS:78651472362
SN - 0738-3991
VL - 82
SP - 193
EP - 200
JO - Patient Education and Counseling
JF - Patient Education and Counseling
IS - 2
ER -