Abstract Treatment choices for localized prostate cancer appear to vary widely, although it is
unclear whether this variation is a result of patient values or other factors. The authors …

Purpose To describe the effect of decision aids on the choice for surgery and knowledge of
surgical therapy among women with early-stage breast cancer. Methods A systematic review …

With increasing frequency, patients are being asked to make complex decisions about
cancer screening, prevention, and treatment. These decisions are fraught with emotion and …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the ability of six graph formats to impart knowledge about
treatment risks/benefits to low and high numeracy individuals. METHODS: Participants were …

Objective: To summarize existing research on individual numeracy and methods for
presenting risk information to patients. Methods: We selectively retrieved articles from …

OBJECTIVE: To experimentally test whether using pictographs (image matrices),
incremental risk formats, and varied risk denominators would influence perceptions and …

Background When designing and developing patient decision aids, guidelines recommend
involving patients and stakeholders. There are myriad ways to do this. We aimed to describe …

Background: Health care centers serving low-income communities have scarce resources to
support medication decision making among patients with poorly controlled diabetes …

Background: The frequently indolent nature of early-stage prostate cancer in older men and
in men with low-or moderate-grade tumors and the demonstration that the survival benefits …

but during the entire encounter. However, there have been few studies of interventions to
train healthcare professionals and increase adoption of SDM, so consistently effective …