http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/323/7311/0/d
Decision aids provide patients with informed
choice
An interactive multimedia decision aid in
the NHS would be popular with patients, reduce decisional conflict, and enable
patients to play a more active part in decision making without
increasing anxiety. Murray and colleagues (p 490)
conducted a randomised controlled trial in 205 women
considering hormone replacement therapy in 26 general practices
in Britain and in 112 men with benign prostatic hypertrophy in
33 general practices (p 493)
Those in the intervention group received an interactive multimedia
programme with a booklet and printed summary. Both patients and
general practitioners found the decision aid acceptable.
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