Deciding on the location for receiving parenteral antimicrobial therapy: development and preliminary testing of a patient decision aid [PDF]
Background Adult patients who need further treatment with parenteral antimicrobial therapy after a stay in the emergency department could be involved in the decision about the location of treatment.
Marie Louise Thise Rasmussen +3 more
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Time required to implement a computerized patient decision aid for lupus in outpatient visits [PDF]
Background Patient decision aids have the potential to lower decision conflict for patients and to improve patient-physician communication. However, uptake of decision aids has been poor, in part because the time required to incorporate these into ...
Nathan W. Carroll +12 more
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Surgery or Non-invasive Treatment for Superficial Basal Cell Carcinoma: Does a Patient Decision Aid Help to Make a Personalized Treatment Decision? [PDF]
Patients with a superficial basal cell carcinoma can be treated surgically or non-invasively, all with specific (dis)advantages. An investigation was undertaken into whether the preference for surgery or non-invasive treatment of a superficial basal cell
Lieke C.J. van Delft +7 more
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Evaluation of a patient decision aid for opportunistic salpingectomy and salpingectomy as sterilization method to prevent ovarian cancer [PDF]
Introduction A patient decision aid on opportunistic salpingectomy and salpingectomy as a sterilization method has been developed to provide uniform counseling and reduce practice variation.
Malou E. Gelderblom +21 more
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Development of a web-based patient decision aid for myopia laser correction method [PDF]
Background In the context of healthcare centered on the patient, Patient Decision Aids (PtDAs) acts as an essential instrument, promoting shared decision-making (SDM).
Hanieh Delshad Aghdam +2 more
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The UPFRONT project: tailored implementation and evaluation of a patient decision aid to support shared decision-making about management of symptomatic uterine fibroids [PDF]
Objective To evaluate implementation of a patient decision aid for symptomatic uterine fibroid management to improve shared decision-making at five clinical settings across the United States.
Rachel C. Forcino +19 more
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Improving sustainability of a patient decision aid for systemic treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer: A qualitative study [PDF]
Objective: To improve sustainability of a patient decision aid for systemic treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer, we evaluated real-world experiences and identified ways to optimize decision aid content and future implementation.
Sietske C.M.W. van Nassau +10 more
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The Concordance between Patients' Renal Replacement Therapy Choice and Definitive Modality: Is It a Utopia? [PDF]
INTRODUCTION:It is desirable for patients to play active roles in the choice of renal replacement therapy (RRT). Patient decision aid tools (PDAs) have been developed to allow the patients to choose the option best suited to their individual needs ...
Mario Prieto-Velasco +3 more
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Decision Aids for Patients [PDF]
Patients want to be more involved in medical decision-making. To this end, some decision aids are now available.We present an overview of this subject, in which we explain the terms "shared decision-making", "decision aid", and "evidence-based patient information" and survey information on the available decision aids in German and other languages on ...
Matthias, Lenz +5 more
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Background Conversation aids can facilitate shared decision-making and improve patient-centered outcomes. However, few examples exist of sustained use of conversation aids in routine care due to numerous barriers at clinical and organizational levels. We
Danielle Schubbe +17 more
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