The association between patients' preferred treatment after the use of a patient decision aid and their choice of eventual treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association between patients' preferred treatment and eventual treatment. Second, to compare patients with surgical treatment to watchful waiting in order to identify predictive factors for surgery.

Methods

A single-centre retrospective study was performed between December 2015 and August 2018. Patients (≥18 years) who used a patient decision aid (PDA) for gallstones or inguinal hernia were included. After their first surgical consultation, patients received access to an online PDA. The patients' preferred treatment after the PDA was compared with their choice of eventual treatment. Multivariable regression analyses were performed for predictive factors for surgery.

Results

In total, 567 patients with gallstones and 585 patients with an in

SUBMITTER: Latenstein CSS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7321744 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature