{"id":3721,"date":"2022-07-18T06:45:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T06:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/?post_type=abstract&p=3721"},"modified":"2022-07-18T06:45:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T06:45:53","slug":"informing-patients-about-disease-prognosis","status":"publish","type":"abstract","link":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/abstract\/informing-patients-about-disease-prognosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Informing Patients About Disease Prognosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Informing Patients About Disease Prognosis<\/h2><\/div>

Djhoanna Aguirre-Pedro, MD, FÂ鶹ֱ²¥; Carlo Matanguihan, MD; Endrik Sy, MD and Noel L. Espallardo, MD, FÂ鶹ֱ²¥<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Prognosis refers to the development of possible \u201coutcome\u201d of disease i.e., survival in patient with cancer. Prognostic factors are characteristics of a particular patient that can be used to predict that patient\u2019s eventual outcome i.e., patients with advanced TNM cancer stage may have lower probability of survival than those with less advance TNM cancer stage. Thus, prognosis is a prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual\u2019s condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations. Family physicians are often asked by patients about the probable course of their disease, they need skills on how to inform patients about this.<\/p>\n

Appraisal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. Is the objective of the article on prognosis similar to your clinical dilemma?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Validity<\/em><\/p>\n

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    1. Was there a representative sample of diagnosed patients with or without prognostic factor at the start of observation?<\/li>\n
    2. Was follow-up sufficiently long and complete?<\/li>\n
    3. Were the criteria for determining the prognostic factor and outcome explicit and credible?<\/li>\n
    4. Was there adjustment for other prognostic factors?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Results<\/em><\/p>\n

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      1. How large is the likelihood of outcome to occur in those with the prognostic factor in a specified period of time? Was it<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        statistically significant?<\/p>\n

        Applicability<\/em><\/p>\n

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        1. Are the study patients similar to patient in the scenario?<\/li>\n
        2. Can I use the results to decide on the intervention or counsel my patient?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Key words<\/strong>: Evidence-based family practice, prognosis, SPIKES<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,23],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-3721","abstract","type-abstract","status-publish","hentry","category-abstract","category-abstract-2022-volume-60-issue1","tag-abstract"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/abstract\/3721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/abstract"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/abstract"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/abstract\/3721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3723,"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/abstract\/3721\/revisions\/3723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}