• Support Care Cancer · Oct 2012

    Changing preferences for information and participation in the last phase of life: a longitudinal study among newly diagnosed advanced lung cancer patients.

    • Koen Pardon, R Deschepper, R Vander Stichele, J L Bernheim, F Mortier, N Bossuyt, D Schallier, P Germonpré, D Galdermans, W Van Kerckhoven, L Deliens, and EOLIC-consortium.
    • End-of-Life Care Research Group, Ghent University & Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. koen.pardon@vub.ac.be
    • Support Care Cancer. 2012 Oct 1; 20 (10): 2473-82.

    PurposeThe objective is to explore changes over time in the information and participation preferences of newly diagnosed stage IIIb/IV non-small-cell lung cancer patients.MethodsPatients were recruited by physicians in 13 hospitals and interviewed every 2 months until the fourth and every 4 months until the sixth interview.ResultsSixty-seven patients were interviewed three times. Over a period of 4 months from diagnosis, half of patients changed their information preferences for palliative care and end-of-life decisions with a possible or certain life-shortening effect (ELDs, e.g., non-treatment decisions) in both directions, from not wanting to wanting the information, but also--and as much--from wanting to no longer wanting it. The latter were more likely to be in a better physical condition. Preferences for participation in medical decision making also changed: 50% to 78%, depending on the type of decision (general, treatment, transfer or ELD), changed their preference towards wanting more or less participation. Pain seemed to be a trigger for patients wanting more involvement, which contrasts with studies suggesting that patients who are more ill tend to give up more control.ConclusionsDoctors should regularly ask their advanced lung cancer patients how much information and participation they want because preferences do change in unexpected ways.

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