Lung Cancer Screening Decision Aid Designed for a Primary Care Setting: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Guidelines recommend shared decision-making prior to initiating lung cancer screening (LCS). However, evidence is lacking on how to best implement shared decision-making in clinical practice.

Objective

To evaluate the impact of an LCS Decision Tool (LCSDecTool) on the quality of decision-making and LCS uptake.

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical trial enrolled participants at Veteran Affairs Medical Centers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and West Haven, Connecticut, from March 18, 2019, to September 29, 2021, with follow-up through July 18, 2022. Individuals aged 55 to 80 years with a smoking history of at least 30 pack-years who were current smokers or had quit within the past 15 years were eligible to participa

SUBMITTER: Schapira MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10469267 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature