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Decision aid on radioactive iodine treatment for early stage papillary thyroid cancer: update to study protocol with follow-up extension.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient decision aids (P-DAs) are used to inform patients about healthcare choices, but there is limited knowledge about their longer term effects, beyond the time period of decision-making.

Methods/design

We developed a computerized P-DA that explains the choice of radioactive iodine (RAI) adjuvant treatment or no RAI, for patients with low risk papillary thyroid cancer after total thyroidectomy. The original protocol for a randomized controlled trial, comparing the use of the P-DA (with usual care) to usual care alone, has been published in Trials http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/11/1/81. We found that P-DA (with usual care) significantly improved patients' medical knowledge at the time of decision-making (primary outcome) compared to usual care alone (control). In this update, we present the protocol for an extended follow-up study (15 to 23 months post-randomization), including qualitative and quantitative methods. The patient outcomes evaluated using quantitative questionnaires include: the degree to which patients feel well-informed about their RAI treatment choice, decision satisfaction, decision regret, cancer-related worry, mood, and trust in the treating physician. The qualitative component explores the experiences of RAI treatment decision-making, treatment satisfaction, and trial participation in a representative subgroup of patients. Extended follow-up study results will be described for the entire study population, and data will be compared between the P-DA and control groups.

Result and conclusion

This mixed methods extended follow-up study will provide data on long term outcomes, relating to the use of a computerized P-DA in decision-making about adjuvant RAI treatment in early stage papillary thyroid cancer.

Discussion

Our results are intended to inform future research in this area, particularly relating to long term effects of the use of P-DAs in making healthcare choices.

Trial registration

Clinicaltrials.gov identifier NCT01083550, registered 24 February 2010 and last updated 5 January 2015.

SUBMITTER: Sawka AM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4501089 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Decision aid on radioactive iodine treatment for early stage papillary thyroid cancer: update to study protocol with follow-up extension.

Sawka Anna M AM Straus Sharon S Rodin Gary G Thorpe Kevin E KE Ezzat Shereen S Gafni Amiram A Goldstein David P DP

Trials 20150714

<h4>Background</h4>Patient decision aids (P-DAs) are used to inform patients about healthcare choices, but there is limited knowledge about their longer term effects, beyond the time period of decision-making.<h4>Methods/design</h4>We developed a computerized P-DA that explains the choice of radioactive iodine (RAI) adjuvant treatment or no RAI, for patients with low risk papillary thyroid cancer after total thyroidectomy. The original protocol for a randomized controlled trial, comparing the us ...[more]

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Decision aid on radioactive iodine treatment for early stage papillary thyroid cancer: update to study protocol with follow-up extension.

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Decision aid on radioactive iodine treatment for early stage papillary thyroid cancer: update to study protocol with follow-up extension.

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