ArticleHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2004
Evaluating decision aids--where next?
Article in Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Evaluation of a decision aid for women with breech presentation at term: a randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN14570598].BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2007Trial
- Who uses decision aids? Subgroup analyses from a randomized controlled effectiveness trial of two prostate cancer screening decision support interventions.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2006Trial
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- Patient factors in the implementation of decision aids in general practice: a qualitative study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2010Article
- Implementing breast cancer decision aids in community sites: barriers and resources.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2008Article
- Physicians' intentions and use of three patient decision aids.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2007Article
- A decision aid for COPD patients considering inhaled steroid therapy: development and before and after pilot testing.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2007Article
- Evaluation of a decision aid for families considering p53 genetic counseling and testing.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2006Article
- Treatment decision aids: conceptual issues and future directions.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2005Article
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Abstract
Decision aids have been developed to help patients become involved in decision-making about their individual health care. During the evaluation of a particular decision aid in maternity care--a set of 10 'Informed Choice' leaflets--we considered the lessons learnt for evaluation of decision aids in the future. Decision aids have been tested mainly in explanatory trials and have been found to be effective. We argue that existing decision aids should be subjected to more pragmatic trials to test their effectiveness in the real world. The small amount of evidence on their use in the real world shows that they face challenges, resulting in poor implementation. Therefore, we propose that implementation strategies are developed which take heed of the findings of research on getting evidence into practice, and in particular address structural barriers such as the lack of time available to health professionals. We recommend that these 'decision aid implementation packages' are developed in conjunction with both health professionals and patients, and identify and address potential barriers to both the delivery of patient involvement in decision-making, and the use of decision aids, in the real world. These 'packages' can then be submitted to pragmatic evaluation.
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