The impact of a patient decision aid for patients with advanced laryngeal carcinoma - a multicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Patients with advanced larynx cancer face challenging treatment decisions. To address this, we developed and tested a patient decision aid (PDA), aiming to reduce decisional conflict (DC), and enhance knowledge and perceived shared decision-making (SDM).

Methods

In this multicenter study (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03292341, 2016-2023), a pre/post study design was used. Participants, meeting the inclusion criteria of advanced larynx cancer without distant metastasis, completed questionnaires on knowledge, DC and SDM immediately after counseling (T1) and 6 months post-treatment (T2). The intervention arm utilized the PDA (see https://beslissamen.nl/pda_launch.html?pda=tools/pda_larynx_en/story.html ) before completing T1 questionnaires, while the usual care arm followe

SUBMITTER: Heirman AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12210726 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature