Surrogate Decision Makers for Advanced Lung Cancer Patients Intolerance of Uncertainty and Its Influence on Decision Conflict
Objective To explore the intolerability of uncertainty by surrogate decision makers in advanced lung cancer patients and its influence on decision conflict.Methods A total of 233 surrogate decision makers of advanced lung cancer patients were investigated by general data questionnaire,simple intolerable uncertainty scale and decision conflict scale.Results The total score of the simple intolerability uncertainty scale was(32.20±5.74)points and the total score of the decision conflict scale was(26.96±8.86)points.Pearson correlation analysis showed that the total score of intolerability uncertainty was positively correlated with the total score of decision conflict(r=0.468,P＜0.01).Intolerance of uncertainty was an important predictor of decision conflict among surrogate decision-makers in advanced lung cancer patients,independently explaining 17.2％of the variance in decision conflict.Conclusion Intolerability of uncertainty is an important factor affecting the decision conflict of surrogate decision-makers in advanced lung cancer patients,and the higher the degree of intolerability of uncertainty,the higher the level of decision conflict.
lung cancerlate stagesurrogate decision makersintolerance of uncertaintydecision conflictinfluencing factor
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