@article{Andkhoie_Meyer_Szafron_2018, title={Factors underlying treatment decision-making for localized prostate cancer in the U.S. and Canada: A scoping review using principal component analysis}, volume={13}, url={https://cuaj.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/5538}, DOI={10.5489/cuaj.5538}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> The purpose of this research is to gather, collate, and identify key factors commonly studied in localized prostate cancer (LPC) treatment decision-making in Canada and the U.S.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> This scoping review uses five databases (Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, AMED, and PsycInfo) to identify relevant articles using a list of inclusion and exclusion criteria applied by two reviewers. A list of topics describing the themes of the articles was extracted and key factors were identified using principal component analysis (PCA). A word cloud of titles and abstracts of the relevant articles was created to identify complementary results to the PCA.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> This review identified 77 relevant articles describing 32 topics related to LPC treatment decision-making. The PCA grouped these 32 topics into five key factors commonly studied in LPC treatment decision-making: 1) treatment type; 2) socioeconomic/ demographic characteristics; 3) personal reasons for treatment choice; 4) psychology of treatment decision experience; and 5) level of involvement in the decision-making process. The word cloud identified common phrases that were complementary to the factors identified through the PCA.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> This research identifies several possible factors impacting LPC treatment decision-making. Further research needs to be completed to determine the impact that these factors have in the LPC treatment decision-making experience.</p>}, number={7}, journal={Canadian Urological Association Journal}, author={Andkhoie, Mustafa and Meyer, Desneige and Szafron, Michael}, year={2018}, month={Nov.} }