Lauren Leavitt
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Recent Articles
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Sepucha K, Callans K, Leavitt L, Chang Y, Vo H, Brigger M, et al.
Trials
. 2024 Oct;
25(1):722.
PMID: 39468582
Background: Annually, about 4000 US children undergo a tracheostomy procedure to provide a functional, safe airway. In the hospital, qualified staff monitor and address problems, but post-discharge this responsibility shifts...
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Valentine K, Leavitt L, Sepucha K, Atlas S, Simmons L, Siegel L, et al.
Patient Educ Couns
. 2024 Mar;
123:108232.
PMID: 38458091
Objective: Understand how physicians' uncertainty tolerance (UT) in clinical care relates to their personal characteristics, perceptions and practices regarding shared decision making (SDM). Methods: As part of a trial of...
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Valentine K, Leavitt L, Simmons L, Sepucha K, Atlas S, Korsen N, et al.
Patient Educ Couns
. 2023 Nov;
119:108047.
PMID: 37976668
Objective: Identify if primary care physicians (PCPs) accurately understand patient preferences for colorectal cancer (CRC) testing, whether shared decision making (SDM) training improves understanding of patient preferences, and whether time...
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Valentine K, Leavitt L, Atlas S, Chen E, Ha J, Percac-Lima S, et al.
MDM Policy Pract
. 2022 Dec;
7(2):23814683221141377.
PMID: 36532296
Highlights: In the wake of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, almost half of patients stated they were not likely to follow through with a colonoscopy in the short...
5.
Sepucha K, Valentine K, Atlas S, Chang Y, Fairfield K, Ha J, et al.
Cancer Med
. 2022 Sep;
12(3):3555-3566.
PMID: 36052811
Thousands of colonoscopies were canceled during the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. As facilities resumed services, some patients were hesitant to reschedule. The purpose of this study was to...
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Sepucha K, Han P, Chang Y, Atlas S, Korsen N, Leavitt L, et al.
J Gen Intern Med
. 2022 Aug;
38(2):406-413.
PMID: 35931908
Background: For adults aged 76-85, guidelines recommend individualizing decision-making about whether to continue colorectal cancer (CRC) testing. These conversations can be challenging as they need to consider a patient's CRC...
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Valentine K, Cha T, Giardina J, Marques F, Atlas S, Bedair H, et al.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord
. 2021 Nov;
22(1):967.
PMID: 34798866
Background: Clinical guidelines recommend engaging patients in shared decision making for common orthopedic procedures; however, limited work has assessed what is occurring in practice. This study assessed the quality of...
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Giardina J, Cha T, Atlas S, Barry M, Freiberg A, Leavitt L, et al.
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak
. 2020 Aug;
20(1):187.
PMID: 32787849
Background: Determining the primary indication of a surgical procedure can be useful in identifying patients undergoing elective surgery where shared decision-making is recommended. The purpose of this study was to...
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Hinsberg L, Marques F, Leavitt L, Skubisz C, Sepucha K, Wasfy J
Coron Artery Dis
. 2017 Oct;
29(3):230-236.
PMID: 29084041
Background: Decision aids (DAs) have been shown to increase decision quality in randomized controlled trials. This study compared the effectiveness of two different decision aids with different modes of delivery....
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Simmons L, Leavitt L, Ray A, Fosburgh B, Sepucha K
Teach Learn Med
. 2016 Apr;
28(2):202-9.
PMID: 27064722
Problem: Physicians must be competent in several different kinds of communication skills in order to implement shared decision making; however, these skills are not part of routine medical student education,...