Login S George1, Holly G Prigerson2, Andrew S Epstein3, Kristy L Richards2, Megan J Shen2, Heather M Derry2, Valerie F Reyna4, Manish A Shah5, Paul K Maciejewski2,6. 1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. 2. Center for Research on End-of-Life Care, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York. 3. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. 4. Center for Behavioral Economics and Decision Research, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 5. Meyer Cancer Center of Weill Cornell Medical College, Medical Oncology/Solid Tumor Program, New York, New York. 6. Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
Abstract
Background: As patients' accurate understanding of their prognosis is essential for informed end-of-life planning, identifying associated factors is important. Objective: We examine if receiving palliative chemotherapy or radiation, and the perception of those treatments as curative or noncurative, is associated with prognostic understanding. Design: Cross-sectional analyses from a multisite, observational study. Setting/Subjects: Patients with advanced cancers refractory to at least one chemotherapy regimen (N = 334). Measurements: In structured interviews, patients reported whether they were receiving chemotherapy or radiation, and whether its intent was curative or not. Their responses were categorized into three groups: patients not receiving chemotherapy/radiation (no cancer treatment group); patients receiving chemotherapy/radiation and misperceiving it as curative (treatment misperception group); and patients receiving chemotherapy/radiation and accurately perceiving it as noncurative (accurate treatment perception group). Patients also reported on various aspects of their prognostic understanding (e.g., life expectancy). Results: Eighty-six percent of the sample was receiving chemotherapy or radiation; of those, 16.7% reported the purpose of treatment to be curative. The no-treatment group had higher prognostic understanding scores compared with the treatment misperception group (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 5.00, p < 0.001). However, the accurate treatment perception group had the highest prognostic understanding scores in comparison to the no-treatment group (AOR = 2.04, p < 0.05) and the treatment misperception group (AOR = 10.19, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Depending on patient perceptions of curative intent, receipt of palliative chemotherapy or radiation is associated with better or worse prognostic understanding. Research should examine if enhancing patients' understanding of treatment intent can improve accurate prognostic expectations.
Background: As patients' accurate understanding of their prognosis is essential for informed end-of-life planning, identifying associated factors is important. Objective: We examine if receiving palliative chemotherapy or radiation, and the perception of those treatments as curative or noncurative, is associated with prognostic understanding. Design: Cross-sectional analyses from a multisite, observational study. Setting/Subjects: Patients with advanced cancers refractory to at least one chemotherapy regimen (N = 334). Measurements: In structured interviews, patients reported whether they were receiving chemotherapy or radiation, and whether its intent was curative or not. Their responses were categorized into three groups: patients not receiving chemotherapy/radiation (no cancer treatment group); patients receiving chemotherapy/radiation and misperceiving it as curative (treatment misperception group); and patients receiving chemotherapy/radiation and accurately perceiving it as noncurative (accurate treatment perception group). Patients also reported on various aspects of their prognostic understanding (e.g., life expectancy). Results: Eighty-six percent of the sample was receiving chemotherapy or radiation; of those, 16.7% reported the purpose of treatment to be curative. The no-treatment group had higher prognostic understanding scores compared with the treatment misperception group (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 5.00, p < 0.001). However, the accurate treatment perception group had the highest prognostic understanding scores in comparison to the no-treatment group (AOR = 2.04, p < 0.05) and the treatment misperception group (AOR = 10.19, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Depending on patient perceptions of curative intent, receipt of palliative chemotherapy or radiation is associated with better or worse prognostic understanding. Research should examine if enhancing patients' understanding of treatment intent can improve accurate prognostic expectations.
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