Information provision and support for decision making based on patient's personality and own values.

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25860388
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: National Cancer Center Japan
• Principal Investigator: Urakubo Akiko 国立研究開発法人国立がん研究センター, がん対策情報センター, 研究員 (20602824)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: Decision Aid / がん / 意思決定 / 情報提供 / 緩和ケア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Recently, decision-making support tools (decision aids, DAs) have gained prominence as a means of supporting the medical decision making of patients. We reviewed DAs to determine the steps to create and utilize Japanese DAs for cancer patients. Many trials provide evidence that DAs improve patients’ knowledge and treatment choices. However, quality assessment, development process, and effectiveness evidence are often not clearly identified in public. Upon the development and dissemination of DAs for Japanese patients in clinical settings, a continuous discussion of objectives and appropriate outcome settings by the health care team and patients, as well as professionals from multiple disciplines, is needed.

Free Research Field

医療社会学