Publications by authors named "V Kahn"
Objective: To examine the treatment recommendation patterns among urologists and radiation oncologists, the level of concordance or discordance between physician recommendations, and the association between physician recommendations and the treatment that patients received.
Method: The study was a secondary analysis of data from a randomized clinical trial conducted November 2010 to April 2014 (NCT02053389). Eligible participants were patients from the trial who saw both specialists.
Objective: When the volume or complexity of health information exceeds the capacity to process it, patients may misinterpret or ignore critical information. Numerical information is especially challenging to process for many patients, yet no empirical data shows whether numerical information influences how well they could process and recall it.
Method: Using natural language processing tools, we estimated the amount of numerical and probability-related (quantitative) information that was provided in 112 paired urology-radiology clinical consultations with patients who had been recently diagnosed with prostate cancer.
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- Endometriosis is a hormone-dependent disease that may be influenced by environmental factors, prompting a nationwide study in France to analyze spatial trends between 2011 and 2017.
- The study identified over 207,000 new cases of hospitalized endometriosis, with a notable increase in incidence rates during the specified period, particularly among non-adenomyosis cases.
- Researchers found geographical variations in risk, pinpointing 20 high-risk areas and suggesting that better diagnosis, increased awareness, and possible environmental factors may contribute to these trends.
(1) Background: The prevalence of Spondyloarthritis (SpA) varies significantly in different regions and ethnic groups due several factors such as heterogeneity in study populations, the diversity of classification criteria used in epidemiological studies, the prevalence variability of HLA-B27 or disparity in healthcare access. To our knowledge, there is no data on SpA in Martinique, a French region in the Caribbean with a predominantly Afro-descendant population and a high level of healthcare. (2) Methods: This was a retrospective study of all SpA patients treated at the Fort de France University Hospital between 1 January 1997 and 1 January 2008.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Rates of shared decision making (SDM) are relatively low in early stage prostate cancer decisions, as patients' values are not well integrated into a preference-sensitive treatment decision. The study objectives were to develop a SDM training video, measure usability and satisfaction, and determine the effect of the intervention on preparing patients to participate in clinical appointments.
Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted to compare a plain-language decision aid (DA) to the DA plus a patient SDM training video.