Background Decision aids (DA) to assist patients in evaluating treatment options and
sharing in decision making have proliferated in recent years. Most require high literacy and …

Context Despite increasing interest in the development and use of decision aids (DAs) for
patients with localized prostate cancer (LPC), little attention has been paid to communicative …

Abstract Background Patient decision aids (PDAs) can support the treatment decision
making process and empower patients to take a proactive role in their treatment pathway …

Purpose: Despite established evidence for using patient decision aids, use with newly
diagnosed patients with prostate cancer remains limited partly due to variability in aid …

Background: Decision aids provide balanced information about the benefits and risks of
treatment options and improve the match between patient preferences and the treatment …

Background At an early stage, prostate cancer patients are often eligible for more than one
treatment option, or may choose to defer curative treatment. Without a pre-existing superior …

Background Whether early detection and treatment of prostate cancer (PCa) will reduce
disease-related mortality remains uncertain. As a result, tools are needed to facilitate …

Abstract Treatment decision‐making can be difficult and complex for patients with low‐risk
prostate cancer. To the authors' knowledge, there is no consensus regarding an optimal …

Background Over 100 trials show that patient decision aids effectively improve patients'
information comprehension and values-based decision making. However, gaps remain in …

Patients who are diagnosed with localized prostate cancer need to make critical treatment
decisions that are sensitive to their values and preferences. The role of decision aids in …