Effect of a Decision Aid on Agreement Between Patient Preferences and Repair Type for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) can choose open repair or endovascular repair (EVAR). While EVAR is less invasive, it requires lifelong surveillance and more frequent aneurysm-related reinterventions than open repair. A decision aid may help patients receive their preferred type of AAA repair.

Objective

To determine the effect of a decision aid on agreement between patient preference for AAA repair type and the repair type they receive.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cluster randomized trial, 235 patients were randomized at 22 VA vascular surgery clinics. All patients had AAAs greater than 5.0 cm in diameter and were candidates for both open repair and EVAR. Data were collected from August 2017 to December 2020, and data were analyz

SUBMITTER: Eid MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9366657 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature