Patient decision aids in clinical practice for people with diabetes: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with diabetes need to make regular choices that influence their long-term morbidity and mortality. Patient decision aids are validated tools and when used collaboratively between healthcare professionals, patients and carers, can help guide value-based discussions which encourage choices that are well informed and personally relevant.

Objective

To explore the use and effect of patient decision aids in the management of diabetes.

Method

A scoping review design was used. Medline, ProQuest, PsycINFO, Scopus, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature databases were searched for peer-reviewed articles published between January 1998 and December 2018.

Results

Patient decision aids are not commonly or widely used in diabetes manage

SUBMITTER: Cornelius J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7538483 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature