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Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Decision Boxes in Primary Healthcare Interdisciplinary Teams to Facilitate Shared Decision Making
September 30, 2011
Our primary aim is to explore the barriers and facilitators influencing primary healthcare interdisciplinary teams' use of decision boxes in clinical practice. … Continue reading
Facilitating Shared Decision Making in Lynch Syndrome: Notification of Relatives of Hereditary
May 15, 2011
At the foundation of genetic counseling is shared decision making. During the decision to undergo genetic testing, familial implications of results and notification are often not discussed extensively due to time constraints.… Continue reading
Decision Making on the Go: A Mobile App Interpretation of a Prostate Cancer Decision Aid
May 15, 2011
The objectives are to 1) Survey mobile use around health issues in men newly eligible for prostate cancer screening, and 2) to develop a mobile PSA decision aid prototype based on the previously validated internet-based Prosdex decision support intervention (DESI) in preparation for subsequent field testing.… Continue reading
A National Survey of Urologists and Radiation Oncologists on Prostate Cancer and Shared Decision-Making
September 30, 2010
Here, we propose to fill this important knowledge gap regarding recent trends in both the evidence in prostate cancer and the role of shared decision-making tools in specialty practice that will form the basis for future shared decision-making implementation research. … Continue reading
Intuitive and Deliberative Processing in Patient Decision Aids
September 30, 2010
The present research will attempt to shed light on this issue by asking participants to read a prostate cancer decision aid and then engage in either a deliberative or intuitive decision making strategy prior to making a treatment decision. Decision quality will be measured using value-decision correspondence, feelings about the decision (e.g., confidence) and cancer-related anxiety.… Continue reading
Understanding the Information Processing of a Colorectal Cancer Screening Decision Aid Among Latino Patients with Limited English Proficiency
September 30, 2009
The objectives are: 1) to adapt existing key English-language IP measures for use in assessing how LEP Latino patients perceive and process information presented in a Spanish CRC screening decision aid (DA); and 2) to determine the relationship between key IP domains and the ability to state preferences regarding CRC screening, intentions to discuss with a clinician and screen for CRC.… Continue reading
Measuring Gender Bias in Physicians' Decision Making Regarding Total Knee Arthroplasty Surgery
September 30, 2009
To develop effective interventions to redress physicians’ contributions to the gender disparity in TKA utilization and develop tools to measure the effectiveness of these interventions.… Continue reading
Development and Evaluation of a Dynamic Interactive Interface for Values Exploration and Clarification
September 30, 2009
The overall long-term goal of this research program is to develop values clarification exercises that improve decision quality. The research funded by this grant aims to establish the feasibility of the development and evaluation of a dynamic interactive tool that explicitly encourages values exploration and clarification. … Continue reading
A Mixed-Method Examination of Older Adults' Decision to Initiate Treatment for Depression
May 15, 2009
The main goal of the project was to determine how older adults weigh their experience with mental health treatment against provided outcome data about the effectiveness of psychotherapy among older adults.… Continue reading
Does it Matter Whether Physicians' Recommendations are Given Early or Late in the Decision-Making Process?
May 15, 2009
The study aims to investigate what influence the time at which a physician's recommendation is given has on the patient's treatment decisions.… Continue reading
A Smoking Cessation Decision Aid for People with Serious Mental Illness
September 30, 2008
Because the Decision Support Website is newly designed, the aims of this grant are to pilot-test each module in order to evaluate usability, ease of use and comprehensibility.… Continue reading
A Decisional Needs Assessment Related to Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators for the Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death
May 15, 2008
The goal of this research is to determine the factors important to patients and physicians in making decisions about Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators (ICDs) for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death.… Continue reading
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Creation and Implementation of a Decision Aid to Support Patients Making Prenatal Screening Decisions
May 15, 2008
Due to the complexity of prenatal screening, researchers are creating a decision aid tool (a DVD and booklet) that can be mailed to patients prior to a first prenatal visit, making it accessible, private, and able to be shared with all decision makers. This project aims to provide a decision aid to pregnant women and their families, in order to decrease decisional tension and improve communication between patient and provider. We believe that a DVD format is the most effective communication medium to reach the target audience of all women receiving prenatal care at DHMC.… Continue reading
Implementing Shared Decision Making in Nutrition Clinical Practice: A Theory-Based Approach and Feasibility Study
September 30, 2007
The objectives of this study are twofold: 1) to explore the integration of shared decision making within real nutritional consultations; and 2) to design a questionnaire to assess dietitians’ intention and underlying psychosocial determinants to adopt two SDM-specific behaviors using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). … Continue reading
Using Testimonials to Improve Decision Outcomes
May 15, 2007
This study aims to examine three types of testimonials that have the potential to improve decision aid (DA) outcomes and test the mediators through which these testimonials may be effective. The goal of this proposal is to examine whether specific types of testimonials have a beneficial influence on knowledge, satisfaction, interest in shared decision making and intentions. Social cognitive theory, social comparison theory and risk processing perspectives guide hypotheses about testimonials.… Continue reading
Treatment Decision Making in Localized Prostate Cancer: The Role of Functional Health Literacy and Cancer-Related Distress
May 15, 2007
The proposed study will examine predictors of informed decision making in men considering treatment for localized prostate cancer. Specifically, we will evaluate the ability of functional health literacy and cancer-related anxiety to predict indices of effective decision making in a population of veterans with prostate cancer. Measure of prostate cancer knowledge, decisional conflict, and eventual treatment choice will be used to assess these three components of effective decisions.… Continue reading
Using Video Images of Dementia in Advance Care Planning
September 30, 2006
Researchers are exploring the difference in elderly patients' preferences for the level of medical care in advanced dementia and their health literacy when given a video as opposed to a verbal narrative on dementia. They will evaluate whether videos of other diseases can serve as a tool to assist clinicians in discussions of complex information with patients with low health literacy. Researchers propose to conduct a randomized trial studying ACP for elderly subjects using a video depiction of a patient with dementia compared to the traditional verbal narrative.… Continue reading
