Text-only and picture conversation aids both supported shared decision making for breast cancer surgery: Analysis from a cluster randomized trial. Issue 11 (November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yen, Renata W.; Durand, Marie-Anne; Harris, Camille; Cohen, Sarah; Ward, Abigail; O'Malley, A. James; Schubbe, Danielle; Saunders, Catherine H.; Elwyn, Glyn
• Is Part Of: Patient education and counseling. Volume 103:Issue 11(2020)
• Page Start: 2235
• Page End: 2243
• Publication Date: 2020-11
• Subjects: Shared decision making -- Breast cancer -- Encounter decision aids -- Measuring shared decision making -- Patient-centered care -- Decision aids -- Encounter conversation aids -- Conversation aids; Patient education -- Periodicals; Health counseling -- Periodicals; Health education -- Periodicals; Counseling -- Periodicals; Patient Education -- Periodicals; Éducation des patients -- Périodiques; Counseling -- Périodiques; Éducation sanitaire -- Périodiques; 615.5071
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.07.015
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0738-3991

Abstract

Highlights: Option Grid and Picture Option Grid are encounter conversation aids for breast cancer. Both tools increased observed and patient-reported shared decision making. Observed and patient-reported shared decision making were not strongly related. Observed shared decision making was lower for lower socioeconomic status patients. Healthcare providers could implement both tools in real-world settings. Abstract: Objectives: To determine if two encounter conversation aids for early-stage breast cancer surgery increased observed and patient-reported shared decision making (SDM) compared with usual care and if observed and patient-reported SDM were associated. Methods: Surgeons in a cluster randomized trial at four cancer centers were randomized to use an Option Grid, Picture Option Grid, or usual care. We used bivariate statistics, linear regression, and multilevel models to evaluate the influence of trial arm, patient socioeconomic status and health literacy on observed SDM (via OPTION-5) and patient-reported SDM (via collabo RATE). Results: From 311 recordings, OPTION-5 scores were 73/100 for Option Grid (n = 40), 56.3/100 for Picture Option Grid (n = 144), and 41.0/100 for usual care (n = 127; p < 0.0001). Top collabo RATE scores were 81.6 % for Option Grid, 80.0 % for Picture Option Grid, and 56.4 % for usual care (p < 0.001). Top collabo RATE scores correlated with an 8.60 point (95 %CI 0.66, 13.7) higher OPTION-5 score (p = 0.008) with no correlation in the multilevel analysis. Patients of lower socioeconomic status had lower OPTION-5 scores before accounting for clustering. Conclusions: Both conversation aids led to meaningfully higher observed and patient-reported SDM. Observed and patient-reported SDM were not strongly correlated. Practice implications: Healthcare providers could implement these conversation aids in real-world settings.