Abstract
Objectives: To determine whether men with small abdominal aortic aneurysm have a preference between either endovascular or open aneurysm repair for future treatment. Design: Prospective study of self-declared treatment preference following receipt of a validated patient information pack. Participants: Men aged 65-84 years (n = 237) with asymptomatic aneurysm (4.0-5.4 cm) detected by population-based screening. Methods: An unbiased, validated patient information pack and questionnaire were developed to conduct a postal survey. Results: One hundred sixty seven participants (70%) returned a completed questionnaire; 24 (10%) did not respond at all. Initially, only 38 (23%) declared a treatment preference. After reading the information pack, 130 participants (80%) declared a treatment preference: 30 preferred open repair (18%), 77 endovascular repair (46%), 23 were happy with either option (14%) and only 34 remained without any preference (20%). Nearly all (92%) thought that the information pack had prepared them well for future discussions with clinicians and with no single feature identified as influencing the preference-making process, 66 respondents (40%) still opted to 'take the advice of the doctor'. Conclusion: The patient information pack facilitated the development of treatment preferences with endovascular repair being preferred to open repair. Nevertheless for patient-centred care, vascular centres must continue to safely provide both open and endovascular repair.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 55-61 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Funding was obtained from the Graham Dixon Charitable Trust and Camelia Botnar Arterial Research Foundation. The funding bodies had no influence on the course of the study.
Keywords
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Patient satisfaction
- Questionnaires, consumer health information
- Vascular surgical procedures