Primary Breast Cancer Decision-making Among Chinese American Women: Satisfaction, Regret

Nursing Research
Shiu-Yu C Katie Lee, M T Knobf

Abstract

Decision-making for cancer treatment is a complex, informational process. Lower satisfaction, higher decision regret, and poorer quality of life are potential adverse outcomes. The aim of the study was to describe breast cancer treatment decision outcomes and examine factors associated with decision outcomes of satisfaction and regret in Chinese American women. A cross-sectional, correlational design was used. A sample of 123 self-identified Chinese American women with early-stage breast cancer was recruited from the greater New York metropolitan area. The Breast Cancer Decision-Making Questionnaire, Decisional Conflict Scale, and Decisional Regret Scale--that were written in Chinese with equivalence from back-translation--were used to measure the factors in the decision-making process and the decisional outcome. Multiple, linear regression was used to identify predictors for decisional outcomes. The mean age of the subjects was 48.7 years (SD = 9.3 years), the majority of whom were married (80%) and not working (63%), and about half spoke Cantonese or Mandarin as their daily language. The women reported a low to moderate level of decisional conflict, postdecisional dissatisfaction, and regret with their decision. However, the ...Continue Reading

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