Journal article
Development and preliminary evaluation of a decision aid to support informed choice among patients with age-related cataract
Y Zheng, B Qu, W Shi, C Wang, S Chen, Y Zhong, M He, Y Liu
International Ophthalmology | SPRINGER | Published : 2020
Abstract
Objective: Shared decision making and meaningful patient involvement are key in improving cataract treatment outcomes, but no decision aid has been formally developed and validated for this purpose. Our aims were to develop a patient decision aid to guide patients’ decision about when to undergo cataract surgery, and to determine patient’s comprehension and booklet’s acceptability. Methods: The patient decision aid was developed and included evidence-based information about general cataract, its benefits, risks of treatment options, and value clarification exercise. A total of 30 patients with age-related cataract aged between 50 and 80 years were interviewed after using either the patient d..
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Awarded by National Natural Science Foundation of China
Funding Acknowledgements
This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81530028; 81721003), the Guangdong Province Science and Technology Plan (2014B020228002), the National Key Basic Research and 973 Development Program of China (2015CB964600), Local Innovative and Research Teams Project of Guangdong Pearl River Talents Program, Clinical Innovation Research Program of Guangzhou Regenerative Medicine and Health Guangdong Laboratory (2018GZR0201001); the State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University. The authors designed, conducted and reported the study independently of the funding body throughout.