Development and usability testing of a patient decision aid for newly diagnosed relapsing multiple sclerosis patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients often struggle with treatment decisions, in part due to the increasing number of approved disease modifying therapies, each with different characteristics, and also since physicians can struggle to identify which of these characteristics matter most to each individual patient. Decision uncertainty can contribute to late treatment initiation and treatment non-adherence-causes of 'undertreatment' in MS. An interactive online patient decision aid that informs patients of their options, considers their individual preferences and goals, and facilitates conversations with their physicians, could improve how patients with relapsing forms of MS make evidence-based treatment decisions.

Objective

To develop and evaluate a prototype patient d

SUBMITTER: Bansback N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6642472 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature