IMPORTANCE Decision support tools can assist people to apply population-based evidence on benefits and harms to individual health decisions. A key question is whether "personalising" choice within decisions aids leads to better decision quality. OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of personalising the content of a decision aid for prostate cancer screening using the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)...

This article discusses judgement and decision-making in nursing. It outlines an approach to analysing clinical problems known as decision analysis. It suggests decision analysis can be a useful technique for nurses to assist them with decision-making in practice.

The decision whether to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a decision in which the personal values of the patient must be considered along with information about the risks and benefits of the treatment. A decision aid can be used to provide patient decision support to a patient who is seriously ill and needs to consider CPR options. The goal of this project was to identify the barri...

BACKGROUND Over 100 trials show that patient decision aids effectively improve patients' information comprehension and values-based decision making. However, gaps remain in our understanding of several fundamental and applied questions, particularly related to the design of interactive, personalized decision aids. This paper describes an interdisciplinary development process for, and early fiel...

Previous studies have suggested that decision aid support can positively affect performance on dynamic decision making tasks. However, few studies have examined the effects of decision aid support on the cognitive mechanisms underpinning performance. This study tested the relationships between decision aid support (in the form of causal loop diagrams), task complexity, cognitive load, mental mo...

BACKGROUND An increasing number of older adults drive automobiles. Given that the prevalence of dementia is rising, it is necessary to address the issue of driving retirement. The purpose of this study is to evaluate how a self-administered decision aid contributed to decision making about driving retirement by individuals living with dementia. The primary outcome measure in this study was deci...

We propose a Bayesian decision analysis framework for the evaluation of automatic incident detection (AID) tools in intelligent transportation systems. The proposed framework can be used by decision makers for financial analysis of AID devices, identify appropriate AID device locations and develop an AID device replacement schedule.

OBJECTIVE To identify the decision-making needs of women about the use of natural health products (NHP) at menopause and to develop a decision aid responsive to their needs. DESIGN A qualitative study using focus groups, key informant interviews and group consultation. Content analysis was guided by the Ottawa Decision Support Framework. METHODS Six focus groups with menopausal women aged 4...

BACKGROUND Although colorectal cancer screening is recommended by major policy-making organizations, rates of screening remain low. Our aim was to develop a patient-directed, computer-based decision aid about colorectal cancer screening and investigate whether it could increase patient interest in screening. METHODS We used content from evidence-based literature reviews and our previous decis...