Women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer often have a choice between surgery to remove the entire breast (mastectomy) or surgery to remove part of the breast (breast-conserving surgery). Option Grid and Picture Option Grid are encounter conversation aids for breast cancer surgery decision-making. We aimed to determine if these two conversation aids for breast cancer surgery led to higher observed and patient-reported shared decision making and if observed and patient-reported SDM were associated.
This was a secondary analysis of the study in our lab, What Matters Most: Choosing the Right Breast Cancer Surgery for You, PIs Glyn Elwyn and Marie-Anne Durand.
We found both conversation aids led to meaningfully higher observed and patient-reported SDM. Observed and patient-reported SDM were not strongly correlated. Based on our findings, healthcare providers could implement both conversation aids in real-world settings.
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