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ABSTRACT: Background
People with diabetes need to make regular choices that influence their long-term morbidity and mortality. Patient decision aids are validated tools and when used collaboratively between healthcare professionals, patients and carers, can help guide value-based discussions which encourage choices that are well informed and personally relevant.Objective
To explore the use and effect of patient decision aids in the management of diabetes.Method
A scoping review design was used. Medline, ProQuest, PsycINFO, Scopus, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature databases were searched for peer-reviewed articles published between January 1998 and December 2018.Results
Patient decision aids are not commonly or widely used in diabetes management. They offer a suitable adjunct to practice within the domains of healthcare knowledge, active participation, and communication, and shared decision-making between patients and healthcare professionals.Conclusion
Patient decision aids can offer a simple and easy-to-use method to potentially improve diabetes health literacy, through the process of shared decision-making and two-way conversations. However, there are current limitations on using them to positively influence clinical outcomes or long-term changes in self-care behaviors within the management of diabetes. Further research to explore the validity of using patient decision aids long term in these areas is required.
SUBMITTER: Cornelius J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7538483 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cornelius Jodie J Doran Frances F Jefford Elaine E Salehi Nasim N
Diabetology international 20200313 4
<h4>Background</h4>People with diabetes need to make regular choices that influence their long-term morbidity and mortality. Patient decision aids are validated tools and when used collaboratively between healthcare professionals, patients and carers, can help guide value-based discussions which encourage choices that are well informed and personally relevant.<h4>Objective</h4>To explore the use and effect of patient decision aids in the management of diabetes.<h4>Method</h4>A scoping review des ...[more]