The Evolution of Regret: Decision Making for Parents of Children with Cancer
Extracted findings (5)
Provision of appliances
improvementParents who reported receiving high-quality information had 78% lower odds of heightened decisional regret over the first year of their child's cancer treatment, in a multivariable model adjusted for
Effect: improvement; OR 0.22; CI: 95% CI 0.07 to 0.69
Anxiety screening and management
declineParents with high anxiety had approximately twice the odds of heightened decisional regret over the first year of their child's cancer treatment, in a multivariable model adjusted for time, prognosis,
Effect: decline; OR 2.01; CI: 95% CI 1.04 to 3.90
peace of mind
improvementParents with high peace of mind had 76% lower odds of heightened decisional regret over the first year of their child's cancer treatment, in a multivariable model adjusted for time, prognosis, race, a
Effect: improvement; OR 0.24; CI: 95% CI 0.09 to 0.62
Targeted communication support
declineNon-white parents had 11.57-fold higher odds of heightened decisional regret compared to white parents over the first year of their child's cancer treatment, though this disparity was strongest at bas
Effect: decline; OR 11.57; CI: 95% CI 3.53 to 41.05
The aggregate proportion of parents with heightened decisional regret did not change significantly over the first year of their child's cancer treatment, though individual-level regret fluctuated subs
Effect: null; 13% at baseline, 11% at 4 months, 11% at 12 months