Annette M O'Connor

Datos Biográficos

ID8979599
NOMBREAnnette M O'Connor
NOMBRESAnnette M
APELLIDOO'Connor
FIRMACONNOR A M O
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS5
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR5
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1995
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2003
ÍNDICE H0

  • Development and evaluation of a breast cancer prevention decision aid for higher‐risk women

    Open AccessDawn Stacey, Annette M O’Connor et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2003

    Objective To develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a breast cancer prevention decision aid for women aged 50 and older at higher risk of breast cancer. Design Pre‐test–post‐test study using decision aid alone and in combination with counselling. Setting Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Clinic. Participants Twenty‐seven women aged 50–69 with 1.66% or higher 5‐year risk of breast cancer. Intervention Self‐administered breast cancer prevention deci…

  • What factors are associated with a woman's decision to take hormone replacement therapy? Evaluated in the context of a decision aid

    Open AccessHeather D Clark, Annette M O’Connor et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2003

    Objectives To understand the factors associated with a post‐menopausal woman deciding to take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after reviewing a decision aid (DA) and having a counselling visit with her physician as well as the factors associated with the act of taking HRT 2 months after the counselling interview. Design A secondary analysis of data collected for a randomized controlled trial evaluating two DAs. Main outcome results Although 28%…

  • The effect of qualitative vs. quantitative presentation of probability estimates on patient decision‐making

    Open AccessMalcolm Man‐Son‐Hing, Annette M O’Connor et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2002

    Background Given the greater uncertainty surrounding probability estimates associated with qualitative (use of words or phrases) descriptions, the use of quantitative (numerical) information to communicate the risks and benefits of therapies is recommended but the impact of its use in decision aids is unexplored. Objective Using stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation as an example, to compare the impact of quantitative vs. qualitative descripti…

  • The effects of an `explicit' values clarification exercise in a woman's decision aid regarding postmenopausal hormone therapy

    Open AccessAnnette M O’Connor, Annette M O'Connor et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations1999

    Objective To evaluate the incremental effect of a graphic weigh‐scale values clarification exercise to explicitly consider the personal importance of the benefits versus the risks in a woman's decision aid regarding postmenopausal hormone therapy. Design Randomized controlled trial. Intervention Decision aid including information on options, benefits and risks, and their probabilities either followed by: (1) a graphic weigh‐scale values clarifica…

  • Validation of a Decisional Conflict Scale

    Open AccessAnnette M O’Connor, Annette M O'ConnorARTICLEMedical Decision Making1995

    The study objective was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a decisional conflict scale (DCS) that elicits: 1) health-care consumers' uncertainty in making a health-related decision; 2) the factors contributing to the uncertainty; and 3) health-care consumers' perceived ef fective decision making. The DCS was developed in response to the lack of instruments available to evaluate health-care-consumer decision aids and to tailor decision-sup…