Decision making in prostate cancer screening using decision aids vs usual care: a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The conflicting recommendations for prostate cancer (PCa) screening and the mixed messages communicated to the public about screening effectiveness make it critical to assist men in making informed decisions.

Objective

To assess the effectiveness of 2 decision aids in helping men make informed PCa screening decisions.

Design, setting, and participants

A racially diverse group of male outpatients aged 45 to 70 years from 3 sites were interviewed by telephone at baseline, 1 month, and 13 months, from 2007 through 2011. We conducted intention-to-treat univariate analyses and multivariable linear and logistic regression analyses, adjusting for baseline outcome measures.

Intervention

Random assignment to print-based decision aid (n = 628), web-based inter

SUBMITTER: Taylor KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3992617 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature