دورية أكاديمية

Feasibility of a snowball sampling survey to study active surveillance for thyroid microcarcinoma treatment among endocrinologists and surgeons of Brazil.

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العنوان: Feasibility of a snowball sampling survey to study active surveillance for thyroid microcarcinoma treatment among endocrinologists and surgeons of Brazil.
المؤلفون: Silva IMD; Centro Estadual de Referência em Atenção ao Diabetes e Endocrinologia, Salvador, BA, Brazil., Nogueira TQDS; Universidade Federal da Bahia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Serviço de Endocrinologia, Salvador, BA, Brazil., Couto DN; Universidade Federal da Bahia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Serviço de Endocrinologia, Salvador, BA, Brazil., Lima PCTM; Centro Estadual de Referência em Atenção ao Diabetes e Endocrinologia, Salvador, BA, Brazil., Bonfim NSC; Hospital Geral Roberto Santos, Serviço de Endocrinologia, Salvador, BA, Brazil., Sousa IGV; Centro Estadual de Referência em Atenção ao Diabetes e Endocrinologia, Salvador, BA, Brazil., Telles ACT; Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Processos Interativos de Órgãos Sistemas, Salvador, BA, Brazil., Hecht F; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil., Alkmim NR; Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Penna GCE; Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Ferraz C; Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa, Unidade de Doenças da Tireóide ‒ Divisão de Endocrinologia, Departamento de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Tomimori E; Instituto da Tireoide, Indatir, SP, Brazil., Ramos HE; Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Processos Interativos de Órgãos Sistemas, Salvador, BA, Brazil; Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Biorregulação, Salvador, BA, Brazil; Universidade Federal da Bahia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina e Saúde, Salvador, BA, Brazil. Electronic address: ramoshelton@gmail.com.
المصدر: Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology [Braz J Otorhinolaryngol] 2022 Nov-Dec; Vol. 88 Suppl 4, pp. S163-S169. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Feb 04.
نوع المنشور: Journal Article
اللغة: English
بيانات الدورية: Publisher: E.N.T. Brazilian Society Country of Publication: Brazil NLM ID: 101207337 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1808-8686 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 18088686 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Braz J Otorhinolaryngol Subsets: MEDLINE
أسماء مطبوعة: Original Publication: São Paulo, SP, Brasil : E.N.T. Brazilian Society
مواضيع طبية MeSH: Thyroid Neoplasms*/surgery, Adult ; Humans ; Aged ; Watchful Waiting ; Thyroidectomy ; Brazil
مستخلص: Objectives: This study aims to investigate if a sampling method using virtual networks is feasible to survey AS adoption among this "hard-to-reach" population of Brazilian doctors.
Methods: An online piloted 11-point structured survey questionnaire (designed using Googleforms®) probed the actual treatment patterns for adult patients with PTMCs, including treatment decision-making nonoperative options, was undertaken between 10 November and 30 November 2020. Participants were reached by the mobile phone Application (APP) and a snowball sampling strategy was used to recruit a total of 4783 members (maximum number of potential reach), which is the total of doctors of the all 21 social media WhatsApp® groups.
Results: From a total of 4783 members (maximum number of potential reach), there were 657 (13.7%) doctors (actual reach) who clicked the web link of the questionnaire, out of whom 512 (10.7%) fully completed the online survey. Among the survey respondents, 361 were endocrinologists (70.5%) and 151 were surgeons (29.5%). Overall, for low-risk PTMCs in an elderly patient, 118 responders (23%) recommend AS, while 390 (76%) recommend immediate surgery as the management, including lobectomy (18.5%) and Total Thyroidectomy (58.2%). The present responders tended to recommend surgery for PTMCs that were located adjacent to the dorsal surface of the thyroid, were multiple, or raised the size during the follow-up.
Conclusion: Using snowball sampling strategy as an innovative route to conduct surveys was feasible and applicable but the rate of response was still very low. Our data also suggests the need to investigate if AS is embraced by Brazilian doctors.
(Copyright © 2022 Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cérvico-Facial. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.)
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فهرسة مساهمة: Keywords: Active surveillance; Microcarcinoma; Slow-risk thyroid cancer; Survey
تواريخ الأحداث: Date Created: 20220218 Date Completed: 20221216 Latest Revision: 20221221
رمز التحديث: 20240628
مُعرف محوري في PubMed: PMC9756062
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2022.01.005
PMID: 35177356
قاعدة البيانات: MEDLINE