Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions

Effectiveness of computerised decision aids for patients with chronic diseases in shared decision‐making: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…However, no significant effect of CPDAs was observed compared with usual care. These findings differ from the results of a high‐quality Cochrane Review (Stacey et al., 2017), which reported the benefits of PDAs in reducing patients' DC relative to usual care. The potential reasons for this discrepancy may be our focus on CPDAs (which resulted in fewer pooled articles on CPDAs than those on usual care), variations in disease characteristics and study samples, and differing contents of usual care across different studies.…”

Effectiveness of computerised decision aids for patients with chronic diseases in shared decision‐making: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…However, no significant effect of CPDAs was observed compared with usual care. These findings differ from the results of a high‐quality Cochrane Review (Stacey et al., 2017), which reported the benefits of PDAs in reducing patients' DC relative to usual care. The potential reasons for this discrepancy may be our focus on CPDAs (which resulted in fewer pooled articles on CPDAs than those on usual care), variations in disease characteristics and study samples, and differing contents of usual care across different studies.…”

The Needs of Dutch Women During Decision-Making About Treatment for Miscarriage

“…Participants expressed different opinions about the possible use of decision aids, which implied uncertainty regarding their usefulness. This finding contrasts to those of a systematic review in which Stacey et al (2017) reported positive results for patients using decision aids. An explanation for these contrasting results might be the unfamiliarity of the participants in our study with such aids, because there is a lack of decision aids for women facing miscarriage in the Netherlands.…”

Preconsultation Educational Group Intervention Can Address the Knowledge Gap in Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction

“…This finding is in keeping with recent systematic reviews of other forms of decisional support tools similar to our intervention that have been found to improve patient knowledge. 35,36 Unlike some studies that have found decisional support tools to also reduce decisional conflict, our study did not find that decision conflict was significantly reduced in the PEGI group compared with the routine education group when selecting PMBR treatment option. 26 Women in both arms of the study gained knowledge, but the magnitude of increase was greater in women receiving PEGI.…”

Effectiveness of computerised decision aids for patients with chronic diseases in shared decision‐making: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…However, no significant effect of CPDAs was observed compared with usual care. These findings differ from the results of a high‐quality Cochrane Review (Stacey et al., 2017), which reported the benefits of PDAs in reducing patients' DC relative to usual care. The potential reasons for this discrepancy may be our focus on CPDAs (which resulted in fewer pooled articles on CPDAs than those on usual care), variations in disease characteristics and study samples, and differing contents of usual care across different studies.…”

The Needs of Dutch Women During Decision-Making About Treatment for Miscarriage

“…Participants expressed different opinions about the possible use of decision aids, which implied uncertainty regarding their usefulness. This finding contrasts to those of a systematic review in which Stacey et al (2017) reported positive results for patients using decision aids. An explanation for these contrasting results might be the unfamiliarity of the participants in our study with such aids, because there is a lack of decision aids for women facing miscarriage in the Netherlands.…”

Preconsultation Educational Group Intervention Can Address the Knowledge Gap in Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction

“…This finding is in keeping with recent systematic reviews of other forms of decisional support tools similar to our intervention that have been found to improve patient knowledge. 35,36 Unlike some studies that have found decisional support tools to also reduce decisional conflict, our study did not find that decision conflict was significantly reduced in the PEGI group compared with the routine education group when selecting PMBR treatment option. 26 Women in both arms of the study gained knowledge, but the magnitude of increase was greater in women receiving PEGI.…”

Effectiveness of computerised decision aids for patients with chronic diseases in shared decision‐making: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…However, no significant effect of CPDAs was observed compared with usual care. These findings differ from the results of a high‐quality Cochrane Review (Stacey et al., 2017), which reported the benefits of PDAs in reducing patients' DC relative to usual care. The potential reasons for this discrepancy may be our focus on CPDAs (which resulted in fewer pooled articles on CPDAs than those on usual care), variations in disease characteristics and study samples, and differing contents of usual care across different studies.…”

The Needs of Dutch Women During Decision-Making About Treatment for Miscarriage

“…Participants expressed different opinions about the possible use of decision aids, which implied uncertainty regarding their usefulness. This finding contrasts to those of a systematic review in which Stacey et al (2017) reported positive results for patients using decision aids. An explanation for these contrasting results might be the unfamiliarity of the participants in our study with such aids, because there is a lack of decision aids for women facing miscarriage in the Netherlands.…”

Preconsultation Educational Group Intervention Can Address the Knowledge Gap in Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction

“…This finding is in keeping with recent systematic reviews of other forms of decisional support tools similar to our intervention that have been found to improve patient knowledge. 35,36 Unlike some studies that have found decisional support tools to also reduce decisional conflict, our study did not find that decision conflict was significantly reduced in the PEGI group compared with the routine education group when selecting PMBR treatment option. 26 Women in both arms of the study gained knowledge, but the magnitude of increase was greater in women receiving PEGI.…”