Ellen Barton1, Tanina Foster Moore2, Lauren Hamel2, Louis Penner2, Terrance Albrecht2, Susan Eggly2. 1. Department of Oncology, Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, USA; Linguistics Program, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA. Electronic address: ellen.barton@wayne.edu. 2. Department of Oncology, Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Question Prompt Lists (QPL) increase patient active participation in oncology interactions, but questions remain regarding how QPLs influence patient-oncologist information exchange. We examined how a QPL influenced information exchange during oncology interactions with African-American patients. METHODS: Data were self-reports and video recordings from a parent study testing the effects of a QPL in the outpatient clinics of two urban cancer hospitals. In this secondary analysis, we investigated which QPL questions patients identified as ones they wanted to ask their oncologists, how frequently patients/companions used patient active participation statements to seek information related to each QPL question, whether oncologists provided QPL-related information unprompted or prompted by patients/companions, and how frequently patients' QPL-related information needs were addressed or unaddressed. RESULTS: The QPL influenced information exchange by increasing patients' and companions' (if present) prompting for QPL-related information from their oncologists. Patients/companions most often prompted for QPL-related information about side effects and patient experience. CONCLUSION: This study builds on prior research on QPL interventions by expanding the object of study to information exchange and by analyzing patients' information needs. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: This research demonstrates that a QPL supports patient/companion participation in oncology consultations by making information exchange more interactive.
OBJECTIVES: Question Prompt Lists (QPL) increase patient active participation in oncology interactions, but questions remain regarding how QPLs influence patient-oncologist information exchange. We examined how a QPL influenced information exchange during oncology interactions with African-American patients. METHODS: Data were self-reports and video recordings from a parent study testing the effects of a QPL in the outpatient clinics of two urban cancer hospitals. In this secondary analysis, we investigated which QPL questions patients identified as ones they wanted to ask their oncologists, how frequently patients/companions used patient active participation statements to seek information related to each QPL question, whether oncologists provided QPL-related information unprompted or prompted by patients/companions, and how frequently patients' QPL-related information needs were addressed or unaddressed. RESULTS: The QPL influenced information exchange by increasing patients' and companions' (if present) prompting for QPL-related information from their oncologists. Patients/companions most often prompted for QPL-related information about side effects and patient experience. CONCLUSION: This study builds on prior research on QPL interventions by expanding the object of study to information exchange and by analyzing patients' information needs. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: This research demonstrates that a QPL supports patient/companion participation in oncology consultations by making information exchange more interactive.
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