Evidence on Patient Decision Aids and Shared Decision-Making Across Breast Centers in Europe: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study.

ABSTRACT: IntroductionPatient-centricity calls for accurate consideration of patients' preferences at every step of the care pathway. Decision aids (DAs) are interventions that provide patients with information about treatment options, enabling shared decision-making (SDM). This study investigated the practice of SDM by breast cancer (BC) specialists and the diffusion of DAs in the treatment of BC in Europe. The secondary objective of the study was to explore heterogeneity across respondents' subgroups.MethodsA prospective, cross-sectional, cross-country questionnaire targeting breast specialists was distributed online across breast cancer networks at both national and European level. The survey results were analyzed descriptively. Mann-Whitney-U tests, and probit regressions were performed to explo

SUBMITTER: Ardito V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12536142 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature