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    Title: Decision-making regarding total joint replacement surgery: An exploratory study
    Other Titles: 全人工關節置換術患者的治療決策之初探
    Authors: Chung, FL;Kuo, KN;Tsai, YW;Tsai, TI
    Contributors: Division of Health Policy Research and Development
    Abstract: Background: Joint disease is a common chronic disease that causes disability and reduces quality of life. The decision-making process regarding total joint replacement (TJR) surgery is a complex process. Purpose: This study was designed to better understand the decision-making process of total joint replacement (TJR) patients. Methods: We used a qualitative research study design to explore the decision-making experience. Eleven patients were interviewed using semi-structured interview guidelines. Interview contents were audio taped and transcribed. Qualitative research was analyzed using content analysis. Results: Results were organized into the following five categories: (1) self-experience (2) accepting fate and restoring meaning to life (3) weighing concerns (4) displaying family functions (5) inexorable riddle. Conclusion: For bone joint replacement patients, surgical treatment decision-making is an important and life-anddeath decision. Treatment decision making is a complex process fraught with many issues that must be carefully weighed and considered. Study results provide a reference for caring for patients with total joint replacement needs, and emphasize the need to decrease patient decision-related distress prior to undergoing treatment.
    Date: 2010-09
    Relation: Journal of Nursing and Healthcare Research. 2010 Sep;6(3):191-199.
    Link to: http://www.airitilibrary.com/searchdetail.aspx?DocIDs=20729235-201009-201009060095-201009060095-191-199
    Cited Times(Scopus): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84865134370
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