Design and development of a digital shared decision-making tool for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Shared decision-making (SDM) is an approach in which patients and clinicians act as partners in making medical decisions. Patients receive the information needed to decide and are encouraged to balance risks, benefits, and preferences. Informative materials are vital to SDM. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and responsible for 10% of ischemic strokes, however 1/3 of patients are not on appropriate anticoagulation. Decision sharing may facilitate treatment acceptance, improving outcomes.

Aims

To develop a framework of the components needed to create novel SDM tools and to provide practical examples through a case-study of stroke prevention in AF.

Methods

We analyze the design values of a web-based SDM tool created to better info

SUBMITTER: Nunes JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9893868 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature