Delivering patient-centered care through shared decision making in overactive bladder.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Men and women living with overactive bladder (OAB) face many treatment decisions as they progress through the treatment pathway. Decisions to pursue specific therapies are highly preference sensitive and ideal for shared decision making (SDM). The aim of this narrative review is to provide urologists with a practical summary of methods to elicit preferences and facilitate SDM to promote patient-centered care for OAB.

Methods

We explore OAB as a preference sensitive condition through a review of treatment outcomes and present available data on prediction tools, patient preferences, and decision aids. We propose a paradigm for applying Everyday SDM to OAB care.

Results

Clinical outcome data points to equipoise (balanced outcomes) between options for first-,

SUBMITTER: Paudel R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9169772 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature