Effect of a decision aid with patient narratives in reducing decisional conflict in choice for surgery among early-stage breast cancer patients: A three-arm randomized controlled trial

Highlights • Many decision aids (DAs) include patient narratives of others’ experiences. • It is not clear whether patient narratives can increase the effectiveness of DAs. • We examined effects of a DA with narratives in breast cancer surgery. • The DAs with/without patient narratives can reduce po...

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Published inPatient education and counseling Vol. 100; no. 3; pp. 550 - 562
Main Authors Osaka, Wakako, Nakayama, Kazuhiro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ireland Elsevier B.V 01.03.2017
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Summary:Highlights • Many decision aids (DAs) include patient narratives of others’ experiences. • It is not clear whether patient narratives can increase the effectiveness of DAs. • We examined effects of a DA with narratives in breast cancer surgery. • The DAs with/without patient narratives can reduce postoperative decisional conflict. • Differential impact of the DAs with/without patient narratives is discussed.
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ISSN:0738-3991
1873-5134
DOI:10.1016/j.pec.2016.09.011