Understanding and meeting information needs for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a commonly occurring mental illness. There are multiple treatments for PTSD that have similar effectiveness, but these treatments differ substantially in other ways. It is desirable to have well-informed patients involved in treatment choices. A patient decision aid (PtDA) is one method to achieve this goal. This manuscript describes the rationale and development of a patient decision aid (PtDA) designed for patients with PTSD.

Methods

We conducted an informational needs assessment of veterans (n = 19) to obtain their baseline information needs prior to the development of the PtDA. We also conducted a literature review of effective PTSD treatments, and we calculated respective effective sizes. A PtDA prototype was developed

SUBMITTER: Watts BV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4736082 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature