Thyroid cancer patient perceptions of radioactive iodine treatment choice: Follow-up from a decision-aid randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient decision aids (P-DAs) inform medical decision making, but longer term effects are unknown. This article describes extended follow-up from a thyroid cancer treatment P-DA trial.

Methods

In this single-center, parallel-design randomized controlled trial conducted at a Canadian tertiary/quaternary care center, early-stage thyroid cancer patients from a P-DA trial were contacted 15 to 23 months after randomization/radioactive iodine (RAI) decision making to evaluate longer term outcomes. It was previously reported that the use of the computerized P-DA in thyroid cancer patients considering postsurgical RAI treatment significantly improved medical knowledge in comparison with usual care alone. The P-DA and control groups were compared for the following outcomes

SUBMITTER: Sawka AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4832354 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature