Decision Aid to Technologically Enhance Shared decision making (DATES): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinicians face challenges in promoting colorectal cancer screening due to multiple competing demands. A decision aid that clarifies patient preferences and improves decision quality can aid shared decision making and be effective at increasing colorectal cancer screening rates. However, exactly how such an intervention improves shared decision making is unclear. This study, funded by the National Cancer Institute, seeks to provide detailed understanding of how an interactive decision aid that elicits patient's risks and preferences impacts patient-clinician communication and shared decision making, and ultimately colorectal cancer screening adherence.

Methods/design

This is a two-armed single-blinded randomized controlled trial with the target of 300 patients per

SUBMITTER: Jimbo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3842677 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature