Naykky Singh Ospina1,2, Ana Castaneda-Guarderas3, Russell Ward4, Juan P Brito2,4, Spyridoula Maraka2,5, Claudia Zeballos Palacios2, Kathleen J Yost6, Diana S Dean4, Victor M Montori7,8. 1. Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. 2. Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit in Endocrinology (KER-Endo), Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. 3. Department of Emergency Medicine, Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, Miami, FL, USA. 4. Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. 5. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR, USA. 6. Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. 7. Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit in Endocrinology (KER-Endo), Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. Montori.Victor@mayo.edu. 8. Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. Montori.Victor@mayo.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid is an increasingly common outpatient procedure. Patients are counseled about the indications and risks of this procedure and informed consent is obtained. We aimed to assess the extent to which patients acquired necessary knowledge during this process. METHODS: Survey study conducted in a thyroid nodule clinic at a referral center. Adult patients who had just undergone a thyroid biopsy were asked to complete a survey, including eight questions regarding the indications and potential outcomes of thyroid biopsy. The main outcome of the study was to assess the patients' knowledge based on the response to each individual survey question. RESULTS: Two-hundred and ninety-seven patients were eligible, of which 196 (66%) completed the survey: most were women (76%), had adequate reading health literacy (95%) and a mean age of 58 years. Although 86% of patients correctly identified evaluation for thyroid cancer as the main indication for their biopsy, 56% were not aware of the likelihood of this diagnosis. Almost all (>90%) of respondents knew that results could be benign or malignant; fewer were aware of non-diagnostic (71%) or indeterminate (68%) outcomes, or of the need for additional diagnostic testing after the biopsy (33%). CONCLUSIONS: After undergoing thyroid biopsy, a high proportion of well-educated patients remained unaware of their risk for thyroid cancer, potential outcomes, and downstream consequences of their biopsy. This quality gap raises the possibility that informed consent procedures that meet legal standards may leave patients undergoing thyroid biopsy paradoxically uninformed.
PURPOSE: Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid is an increasingly common outpatient procedure. Patients are counseled about the indications and risks of this procedure and informed consent is obtained. We aimed to assess the extent to which patients acquired necessary knowledge during this process. METHODS: Survey study conducted in a thyroid nodule clinic at a referral center. Adult patients who had just undergone a thyroid biopsy were asked to complete a survey, including eight questions regarding the indications and potential outcomes of thyroid biopsy. The main outcome of the study was to assess the patients' knowledge based on the response to each individual survey question. RESULTS: Two-hundred and ninety-seven patients were eligible, of which 196 (66%) completed the survey: most were women (76%), had adequate reading health literacy (95%) and a mean age of 58 years. Although 86% of patients correctly identified evaluation for thyroid cancer as the main indication for their biopsy, 56% were not aware of the likelihood of this diagnosis. Almost all (>90%) of respondents knew that results could be benign or malignant; fewer were aware of non-diagnostic (71%) or indeterminate (68%) outcomes, or of the need for additional diagnostic testing after the biopsy (33%). CONCLUSIONS: After undergoing thyroid biopsy, a high proportion of well-educated patients remained unaware of their risk for thyroid cancer, potential outcomes, and downstream consequences of their biopsy. This quality gap raises the possibility that informed consent procedures that meet legal standards may leave patients undergoing thyroid biopsy paradoxically uninformed.
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