Decision Support with the Personal Patient Profile-Prostate: A Multicenter Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We evaluated the efficacy of the web based P3P (Personal Patient Profile-Prostate) decision aid vs usual care with regard to decisional conflict in men with localized prostate cancer.

Materials and methods

A randomized (1:1), controlled, parallel group, nonblinded trial was performed in 4 regions of the United States. Eligible men had clinically localized prostate cancer and an upcoming consultation, and they spoke and read English or Spanish. Participants answered questionnaires to report decision making stage, personal characteristics, concerns and preferences plus baseline symptoms and decisional conflict. A randomization algorithm allocated participants to receive tailored education and communication coaching, generic teaching sheets and external websites plus a

SUBMITTER: Berry DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5760348 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature