Shared decision-making and detection of comorbidities in an online acromegaly consultation with and without the Acromegaly Disease Activity Tool ACRODAT^® using the simulated person approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A patient-centered approach to the management of acromegaly includes disease activity control, shared decision-making and identification of comorbidities. The Acromegaly Disease Activity Tool (ACRODAT^®) is intended to assist physicians in providing such holistic management. The present study investigated this claim using the simulated person (SP) approach.

Methods

We studied patient-doctor interaction via online video consultation in a randomized prospective study design with SPs trained to simulate a specific acromegaly profile. We analyzed the proportion of conversation time devoted to health content and the specific acromegaly and comorbidity relevant categories mentioned in the conversation. We collected physicians' feedback on the usefulness of ACRO

SUBMITTER: Friedel AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11513722 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature