Fact Box decision support tools reduce decisional conflict about antibiotics for pneumonia and artificial hydration in advanced dementia: a randomized controlled trail.

ABSTRACT:

Background

fact Boxes are decision support tools that can inform about treatment effects.

Objectives

to test whether Fact Box decision support tools impacted decisional conflict, knowledge and preferences about the use of antibiotics and artificial hydration in advanced dementia.

Design

randomized controlled trial.

Setting

Swiss-German region of Switzerland.

Subjects

two hundred thirty-two participants (64 physicians, 100 relatives of dementia patients, 68 professional guardians) randomly allocated to intervention (N = 114) or control (N = 118).

Intervention

two-page Fact Box decision support tools on antibiotics for pneumonia and artificial hydration in advanced dementia (at 1-month).

Methods

participants were mailed questionnaires at base

SUBMITTER: Loizeau AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6322502 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature