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An introduction to patient decision aids

BMJ, 2013
Patient decision aids are a means of helping people make informed choices about healthcare that take into account their personal values and preferences. Decision aids are a part of a shared decision making process, encouraging active participation by patients in healthcare decisions.1 2 Decision aids are relevant in many common healthcare decisions ...
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Patient decision aids

Abstract Healthcare providers and patients need guidance to reach a shared understanding of what medicine has to offer. However, current tools to provide this guidance—clinical practice guidelines and decision aids alike—face significant challenges. Their production is time-consuming and resource demanding and they are often outdated due
Anja Fog Heen, Roger Bertozzi, Thomas Agoritsas   +2 more
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Patient Decision Aid Systems: An Overview

2018
Patients often become confused when selecting a therapy. They usually decide not to participate in the selection process due to lack of information, having stress for making the wrong choice or the lack of effective communication with their physician.
Fariba Agin, Zahra Madhani, Akram Zahmatkeshan Khorasani, Hanieh Zehtab, Azam Aslani   +4 more
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Physician/Patient Decision Aids for Adjuvant Therapy

Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2005
Many women with breast cancer are requesting more information about their disease, and studies suggest that they have an increasing desire to be involved in decisions about their care. To participate in decision making regarding adjuvant therapy, a woman needs accurate information about her options, associated adverse effects, and her risk of ...
Timothy J, Whelan, Charles, Loprinzi
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Decision aids for patients with carotid stenosis

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Shared decision-making tools have been underused by clinicians in real-world practice. Changes to the National Coverage Determination by Medicare for carotid stenting greatly expand the coverage for patients, but simultaneously require a shared decision-making interaction that involves the use of a validated tool.
Brianna M. Krafcik, Isabel A. Jarmel, Jocelyn M. Beach, Bjoern D. Suckow, Jennifer A. Stableford, David H. Stone, Philip P. Goodney, Jesse A. Columbo   +7 more
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Legal Briefing: Shared Decision Making and Patient Decision Aids

The Journal of Clinical Ethics, 2013
This "Legal Briefing" column covers recent legal developments involving patient decision aids.This topic has been the subject of recent articles in JCE. It is included in the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. And it has received significant attention in the biomedical literature, including a new book, a thematic issue of Health Affairs ...
Thaddeus Mason, Pope, Melinda, Hexum
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Patient Decision Aids to Engage Adults in Treatment or Screening Decisions

JAMA, 2017
Are patient decision aids (PtDAs) associated with (1) improved decision quality defined as a decision informed by the evidence and a value-based decision; (2) improved decision-making processes defined as feeling informed, defining clear values related to the decision, and active participation in making the decision; and (3) better patient and health ...
Dawn, Stacey, France, Légaré, Krystina B, Lewis   +2 more
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Patient Decision Aids to Support Clinical Decision Making: Evaluating the Decision or the Outcomes of the Decision

Medical Decision Making, 2007
Decision aids (DAs) are tools to support patients make informed health decisions with their practitioner. They aim to improve patient knowledge of options, incorporate patient preferences and values, and increase patient involvement in health decision making.
McCaffery, Kirsten, Irwig, Les, Bossuyt, Patrick   +2 more
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A simple paper-based patient decision aid

Evidence-Based Medicine, 2008
Illustrating risk and benefit to help patients make decisions about treatment (or no treatment) remains a challenge to health professionals. Many people have difficulty understanding numbers. This is compounded by the use of different denominators (eg, 1 in 50 v 3 in 100) that often occurs when professionals relay statistics from research.
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The Ottawa patient decision aids.

Effective clinical practice : ECP, 1999
Shared decision-making programs, or patient decision aids, have been developed for difficult decisions in which patients need to consider benefits versus risks.Decision aids currently used in practice in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.Published studies of patients faced with decisions about hormone therapy, prenatal testing, lung cancer treatments, and ...
A M, O'Connor, E R, Drake, V, Fiset, I D, Graham, A, Laupacis, P, Tugwell   +5 more
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