Designing DECIdE Together: An Interprofessional and Patient-Centered Approach to Develop a Patient Decision Aid for Drugs in Primary Care (DECIsion in hEalth).

ABSTRACT: Background. In primary care, general practitioners (GPs) and community pharmacists (CPs) play pivotal roles in guiding patients' drug choices. Nonprescription drugs (NPDs), which are dispensed with or without a prescription, represent significant health care costs. NPDs are most often used for symptomatic relief and may be subject to shared decision making. We designed shared DECIsion in hEalth (DECIdE), a patient decision aid for NPDs in primary care, via a 3-step user-centered approach. Design. In the first step, a nominal group composed of potential future users (patients, GPs, and CPs) reached a consensus on the prototype's specifications. In the second step, GPs, CPs, and their patients tested the prototype in user tests during simulated consultations based on real-life

SUBMITTER: Charuel E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12547109 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature