Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions

Abstract

This review is published as a Cochrane Review in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017, Issue 4. Cochrane Reviews are regularly updated as new evidence emerges and in response to comments and criticisms, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews should be consulted for the most recent version of the Review.

Are mobile health applications useful for supporting shared decision making in diagnostic and treatment decisions?

“…There are numerous types of interventions for facilitating SDM that target the healthcare team, the patient, or the public [8]. However, patient decision aids remain the most widely known effective strategy [9]. …”

“…They help to identify the decision that needs to be made, provide information about the options and outcomes based on the best evidence, and clarify personal values [9]. They are designed to complement, rather than replace, counselling from a health practitioner [9].…”

“…They help to identify the decision that needs to be made, provide information about the options and outcomes based on the best evidence, and clarify personal values [9]. They are designed to complement, rather than replace, counselling from a health practitioner [9]. In order to help individuals and organizations to use/develop decision aids, a group of researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders from around the world established an internationally approved set of criteria called International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) for determining the quality of patient decision aids [10].…”

“…In order to help individuals and organizations to use/develop decision aids, a group of researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders from around the world established an internationally approved set of criteria called International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) for determining the quality of patient decision aids [10]. Patient decision aids can take the form of leaflets, videos, web-based tools, or grids such as the Option grid [9,11]. They can be used outside the consultation (e.g.…”

Patient-centered Treatment Decisions for Urethral Stricture: Conjoint Analysis Improves Surgical Decision-making

“…6,7 Methods to promote shared decision-making and decrease decisional conflict include using patient decision aids to help patients understand the relevant benefits and harms of treatment decisions. 8 Choice-based conjoint analysis was originally an analytical method used in market research to investigate which attribute of a product is the most influential for consumers making a product choice. This methodology has recently been applied to clinical research as a method to understand patients' treatment preferences and what risks patients are willing to take for which treatment gains.…”