An online individualised patient decision aid improves the quality of decisions in patients considering total knee arthroplasty in routine care: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an online patient decision aid with individualised potential outcomes of surgery, on the quality of decisions for knee replacement surgery in routine clinical care.

Design

A pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) in patients considering total knee replacement at a high-volume orthopedic clinic. Patients were randomized at their routine online pre-surgical assessment to either complete a decision aid or not. At their consultation, those in the intervention arm had a surgeon report summarizing the decision aid results. The primary outcome was decision quality, defined as being knowledgeable and choosing the option that matched informed treatment preferences. Multivariate logistic and linear regress

SUBMITTER: Bansback N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9718273 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature