Open AccessPatient Involvement in the Transfusion Decision-Making Can Change Patient Blood Management Practice for Better or Worse
Author(s) -
Andrei Braester,
Ety Shaoul,
Oded Mizrachi,
Luiza Akria,
Liron Shelev,
Masad Barhoum
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta haematologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1421-9662
pISSN - 0001-5792
DOI - 10.1159/000518947
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , blood transfusion , sociology , anthropology
Red blood cell transfusion (RBCT) is a therapeutic procedure with important and undesirable secondary effects. Inappropriate overuse of RBCT is significant, and a significant percentage of physicians prescribe RBCT unnecessarily. Patient involvement in treatment decision-making is poor worldwide. Shared (with the patient) transfusion decision-making (TrDM) can temper a "quick finger on the trigger" of blood transfusion (BT). The objective of this study was to determine patients' preferences surrounding their involvement in the TrDM process as well as physicians' willingness to involve the patient in TrDM. The study also determined the role of patient age, gender, ethnicity, and schooling years in the TrDM process.