Utility of patient decision aids (PDA) in stress urinary incontinence surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and hypothesis

Patient decision aids (PDAs) facilitate shared decision making allowing patients to make decisions about their healthcare that take into account their personal values and preferences. The aim of this study was to establish whether a PDA used in women requiring stress incontinence surgery is helpful to women when making choices about the treatments they choose by using a Decision Conflict Scale (DCS).

Methods

Forty-five consecutive women were identified as having stress urinary incontinence and had completed all conservative treatments. All patients included in the study had stress urinary incontinence confirmed on urodynamic testing and were given the PDA at the point where they needed to make a decision about surgery. Following completion of the

SUBMITTER: Jha S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6706361 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature