Trial reportJournal of general internal medicine2015
A comparison of web-based versus print-based decision AIDS for prostate cancer screening: participants' evaluation and utilization.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Efficacy of decision aid delivery modes in prostate cancer screening: umbrella review and network meta-analysis.BJU international · 2025Pooled it
- Shared medical decision in prostate cancer screening in primary care: a systematic literature review of current evidence.International urology and nephrology · 2024Pooled it
- Demographic and Psychosocial Characteristics Associated With Use of a Prostate Cancer Survivorship Website: Implications From a Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
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- Social Media as a Double-Edged Sword in Sports Nutrition Dissemination: Opportunities, Challenges, and Pathways Forward.Current nutrition reports · 2026Review
- Digital Health Information Disparities in Older Adults: a Mixed Methods Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Article
- Factors Associated with Decision Aid Use in Localized Prostate Cancer.Urology practice · 2022Article
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- High Users of Healthcare Services: Development and Alpha Testing of a Patient Decision Aid for Case Management.The patient · 2020Article
- Comparison of explicit values clarification method (VCM), implicit VCM and no VCM decision aids for men considering prostate cancer screening: protocol of a randomized trial.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2020Article
- Translation and cultural adaptation of a prostate cancer screening decision aid: a qualitative study in Portugal.BMJ open · 2020Article
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- What's new in screening in 2015?Current opinion in urology · 2016Review
- Baseline Attitudes About Prostate Cancer Screening Moderate the Impact of Decision Aids on Screening Rates.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2015Article
- Capsule commentary on Tomko et al., A comparison of web- versus print-based decision AIDS for prostate cancer screening: participants' evaluation and utilization.Journal of general internal medicine · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatient decision aids facilitate informed decision making for medical tests and procedures that have uncertain benefits.
objectiveTo describe participants' evaluation and utilization of print-based and web-based prostate cancer screening decision aids that were found to improve decisional outcomes in a prior randomized controlled trial.
designMen completed brief telephone interviews at baseline, one month, and 13 months post-randomization.
participantsParticipants were primary care patients, 45-70 years old, who received the print-based (N = 628) or web-based decision aid (N = 625) and completed the follow-up assessments. MAIN MEASURES: We assessed men's baseline preference for web-based or print-based materials, time spent using the decision aids, comprehension of the overall message, and ratings of the content. KEY
resultsDecision aid use was self-reported by 64.3 % (web) and 81.8 % (print) of participants. Significant predictors of decision aid use were race (white vs. non-white, OR = 2.43, 95 % CI: 1.77, 3.35), higher education (OR = 1.68, 95 % CI: 1.06, 2.70) and trial arm (print vs. web, OR = 2.78, 95 % CI: 2.03, 3.83). Multivariable analyses indicated that web-arm participants were more likely to use the website when they preferred web-based materials (OR: 1.91, CI: 1.17, 3.12), whereas use of the print materials was not significantly impacted by a preference for print-based materials (OR: 0.69, CI: 0.38, 1.25). Comprehension of the decision aid message (i.e., screening is an individual decision) did not significantly differ between arms in adjusted analyses (print: 61.9 % and web: 68.2 %, p = 0.42).
conclusionsDecision aid use was independently influenced by race, education, and the decision aid medium, findings consistent with the 'digital divide.' These results suggest that when it is not possible to provide this age cohort with their preferred decision aid medium, print materials will be more highly used than web-based materials. Although there are many advantages to web-based decision aids, providing an option for print-based decision aids should be considered.
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