title: Do doctors and patients agree? Views of the outcome of transurethral resection of the prostate.
abstract: In an attempt to establish the extent to which patients and doctors agree on the outcome of health care, the pre- and postoperative states of health of 388 men undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate for benign disease were studied. Generally, high levels of concordance (greater than 70%) were obtained. The strongest agreement was for clearly defined events, such as episodes of acute retention (95%); the weakest agreement occurred over the most subjective symptoms, prognostic expectations, and ambiguous terms (around 60%). The level of agreement was not associated with any characteristics of the patient, surgeon, or treatment.
authors.affiliation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petticrew
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ginzler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flood
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Doll
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McPherson
mesh_terms: D003558:Cystoscopy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery*