Decision aids provide patients with informed choice

An interactive multimedia decision aid in the NHS would be popular with patients, reduce decisional conflict, and enable patients to play a more active part in decision making without increasing anxiety. Murray and colleagues (p 490) conducted a randomised controlled trial in 205 women considering hormone replacement therapy in 26 general practices in Britain and in 112 men with benign prostatic hypertrophy in 33 general practices (p 493) Those in the intervention group received an interactive multimedia programme with a booklet and printed summary. Both patients and general practitioners found the decision aid acceptable.

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