Why the study?
Updated guidance was needed to support shared decision-making in atrial fibrillation management, particularly for stroke prevention treatment choices.
NICE has introduced a Patient Decision Aid to facilitate shared decision-making regarding stroke prevention treatments in patients with atrial fibrillation.
The management of atrial fibrillation: summary of updated NICE guidanceAddition-NICE has produced a Patient Decision Aid to be used alongside the guideline (BMJ 2014;348:g3655, doi:10.1136/bmj.g3655).It is designed to help patients weigh up the possible benefits, harms, advantages, and disadvantages of the different options for treatment, so that they can better discuss them with a health professional and come to a decision together.The PDA includes a tool for patients to rate what is and isn't important to them in stroke prevention.It also has visual representations of the risks and benefits of the treatments to prevent stroke.
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A 2014 study conducted a review in Atrial fibrillation. Patient Decision Aid was evaluated.
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