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An exploration of relative health stock in advanced cancer patients.

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Gaskin, DJ; Weinfurt, KP; Castel, LD; DePuy, V; Li, Y; Balshem, A; Benson, A; Burnett, CB; Corbett, S; Marshall, J; Slater, E; Sulmasy, DP ...
Published in: Med Decis Making
2004

OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to empirically test whether relative health stock, a measure of patients' sense of loss in their health due to illness, influences the treatment decisions of patients facing life-threatening conditions. Specifically, they estimated the effect of relative health stock on advanced cancer patients' decisions to participate in phase I clinical trials. METHOD: A multicenter study was conducted to survey 328 advanced cancer patients who were offered the opportunity to participate in phase I trials. The authors asked patients to estimate the probabilities of therapeutic benefits and toxicity, their relative health stock, risk preference, and the importance of quality of life. RESULTS: Controlling for health-related quality of life, an increase in relative health stock by 10 percentage points reduced the odds of choosing to participate in a phase I trial by 16% (odds ratio = 0.84, 95% confidence interval = 0.72, 0.97). CONCLUSION: Relative health stock affects advanced cancer patients' treatment decisions.

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Med Decis Making

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0272-989X

Publication Date

2004

Volume

24

Issue

6

Start / End Page

614 / 624

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Assessment
  • Quality of Life
  • Patient Participation
  • Neoplasms
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Status
  • Health Policy & Services
 

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Gaskin, D. J., Weinfurt, K. P., Castel, L. D., DePuy, V., Li, Y., Balshem, A., … Schulman, K. A. (2004). An exploration of relative health stock in advanced cancer patients. Med Decis Making, 24(6), 614–624. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X04271041
Gaskin, Darrell J., Kevin P. Weinfurt, Liana D. Castel, Venita DePuy, Yun Li, Andrew Balshem, Al Benson, et al. “An exploration of relative health stock in advanced cancer patients.Med Decis Making 24, no. 6 (2004): 614–24. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X04271041.
Gaskin DJ, Weinfurt KP, Castel LD, DePuy V, Li Y, Balshem A, et al. An exploration of relative health stock in advanced cancer patients. Med Decis Making. 2004;24(6):614–24.
Gaskin, Darrell J., et al. “An exploration of relative health stock in advanced cancer patients.Med Decis Making, vol. 24, no. 6, 2004, pp. 614–24. Pubmed, doi:10.1177/0272989X04271041.
Gaskin DJ, Weinfurt KP, Castel LD, DePuy V, Li Y, Balshem A, Benson A, Burnett CB, Corbett S, Marshall J, Slater E, Sulmasy DP, Van Echo D, Meropol NJ, Schulman KA. An exploration of relative health stock in advanced cancer patients. Med Decis Making. 2004;24(6):614–624.
Journal cover image

Published In

Med Decis Making

DOI

ISSN

0272-989X

Publication Date

2004

Volume

24

Issue

6

Start / End Page

614 / 624

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Assessment
  • Quality of Life
  • Patient Participation
  • Neoplasms
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Status
  • Health Policy & Services