Patient Decision Aids for Pelvic Floor Surgery and Impact on Decisional Conflict.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate whether the use of a patient decision aid (PDA) diminishes decision conflict in patients considering surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) or pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and to assess patient satisfaction concerning the PDA's user-friendliness and overall utility.

Design

One hundred women attending routine urogynaecology clinic appointments were offered the PDA as part of standard care and recruited into the study. After using the PDA, participants completed a decisional conflict scale (DCS) to assess their decision-making experience.

Setting

Single-site NHS tertiary-level care hospital outpatient department.

Population and sample

The study included women considering surgical management for uterine/vault prolapse or SUI

SUBMITTER: Bugeja R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12501710 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature