@article{ref1,
title="Racial differences in patient expectations prior to resective epilepsy surgery",
journal="Epilepsy and behavior",
year="2009",
author="Baca, Christine Bower and Cheng, Eric M. and Spencer, Susan S. and Vassar, Stefanie and Vickrey, Barbara G.",
volume="15",
number="4",
pages="452-455",
abstract="We assessed the nature and frequency of preoperative expectations among patients with refractory epilepsy who were enrolled in a seven-center observational study of epilepsy surgery outcomes. At enrollment, patients responded to open-ended questions about expectations for surgical outcome. With the use of an iterative cutting-and-sorting technique, expectation themes were identified and rank-ordered. Associations of expectations with race/ethnicity were evaluated. Among 391 respondents, the two most frequently endorsed expectations (any rank order) were driving (62%) and job/school (43%). When only the most important (first-ranked) expectation was analyzed, driving (53%) and cognition (17%) were most frequently offered. Nonwhites endorsed job/school and cognition more frequently and driving less frequently than whites (all P0.05), whether expectations of any order or only first-ranked expectations were included. Elucidating the reason for these differences can aid in the clinical decision-making process for resective surgery and potentially address disparities in its utilization.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1525-5050",
doi="10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.05.010",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.05.010"
}