Trial reportHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2006
Who uses decision aids? Subgroup analyses from a randomized controlled effectiveness trial of two prostate cancer screening decision support interventions.
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Facilitating Shared Decisionmaking About Prostate Cancer Screening
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Prostate Cancer Screening Patient Decision Aids: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.American journal of preventive medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Decision aids to help older people make health decisions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2016Pooled it
- Comparative Effectiveness of Decision Aids for Cancer-Screening Decision Making: An Overview of Reviews.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Review
- Factors Associated with Decision Aid Use in Localized Prostate Cancer.Urology practice · 2022Article
- African-American and Caribbean-Born Men's Perceptions of Prostate Cancer Fear and Facilitators for Screening Behavior: a Pilot Study.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2018Article
- A preliminary study of a video intervention to inform solid organ transplant recipients about skin cancer.Transplantation proceedings · 2013Article
- What is lacking in current decision aids on cancer screening?CA: a cancer journal for clinicians · 2013Review
- Information on pros and cons of prostate-specific antigen testing to men prior to blood draw: a study from the National Prostate Cancer Register (NPCR) of Sweden.Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology · 2012Article
- Helping men make an informed decision about prostate cancer screening: a pilot study of telephone counseling.Patient education and counseling · 2011Article
- A Review of the Presentation of Overdiagnosis in Cancer Screening Patient Decision Aids.MDM policy & practiceReview
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine who reported using unsolicited prostate cancer screening decision aids distributed as part of a randomized controlled trial, whether reported use varied by type of aid (video or pamphlet), and what affect reported use had on study outcomes.
methodsA total of 1,152 men aged 50 and older from four medical facilities in the United States were randomly assigned to pamphlet, video or usual care (control). Materials were mailed 2 weeks prior to clinic appointments in general internal medicine. Outcomes were assessed by phone survey 1 week after appointments. Analyses examined the reported use of materials by study group, the association between patient characteristics and reported use, and the impact of reported use (adjusting for patient characteristics) on a 10-item knowledge index.
resultsFifty-six percent of those randomized to receive the video and 50% of those randomized to receive the pamphlet reported using the materials. Reported use of the video was higher for patients who had greater than a high school education (OR 1.73), were married (OR 2.20), and reported no prior abnormal prostate cancer screening test results (OR 3.39). Reported use of the pamphlet did not vary by patient characteristics. In intent-to-treat analyses (ignoring reported use), individuals randomized to the video and pamphlet groups had significantly higher knowledge scores relative to the control group (7.44, 7.26 and 6.90 respectively). Adjusting for reported use modestly increased the estimated differences across treatment groups but did not substantially change conclusions about the relative effects of these aids on knowledge.
conclusionsOnly half of men receiving unsolicited prostate cancer screening decision aids before a visit reported using the aids, and who reported using them varied by type of aid. Efforts to broadly implement decision aids may need to offer a variety of approaches, and incorporate creative strategies to enhance reaching all population subgroups.
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