Efficacy of a Decision Aid in Breast Cancer Patients Considering Immediate Reconstruction: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer patients face complex decisions about immediate breast reconstruction (BR) after mastectomy. The authors evaluated the efficacy of an online decision aid in improving the decision-making process, decision quality, and health outcomes in breast cancer patients considering immediate BR.

Methods

In a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial, patients were allocated to either the intervention group, receiving care as usual with access to an online decision aid, or the control group, receiving care as usual with an information leaflet. The primary outcome was decisional conflict. Secondary outcomes assessed the process of decision-making (eg, preparation for decision-making, satisfaction with information), decision quality (decision regret, knowledge), a

SUBMITTER: Ter Stege JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11412569 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature