Important notice:
From 15th May 2012, the team delivering the work of the NPC will form the NICE Medicines and Prescribing Centre and will sit alongside the Clinical Guidelines team within the Centre for Clinical Practice.
As part of NICE, all future Medicines and prescribing outputs will be published on the NICE website and signposted from the Medicines and prescribing home page.
Patient decision aids
NPC legacy site
Although no new Medicines and prescribing content will be published to the NPC legacy website, the extensive catalogue of existing publications, resources and e-learning materials will still be available to view and download for as long as the information contained within them remains accurate and up-to-date. All future Medicines and prescribing outputs will be published on the NICE website and signposted from the Medicines and prescribing homepage.
A patient decision aid (PDA) is a tool that presents evidence-based estimates of the benefits and risks of the available treatment options in sufficient detail so that patients are better able to judge their value.1,2 In contrast to health education materials, which simply provide broad background information, PDAs are tailored to patients' health status and help them to make specific, personal choices about their treatment.3 PDAs can be available in various formats such as leaflets, interactive media, video/DVD or audio tape.4 Importantly, they are not intended to replace the patient-practitioner interaction, rather to supplement or support it.4
Directory of PDAs
A directory of all the PDAs we have produced is provided here. You will also find some background information on PDAs and how to get the best out of them.
New 'Patient decision aids - Video'
We've made a short video which shows real GPs using some of our most popular PDAs in realistic, unscripted consultations with simulated patients. You can view the video online here.
References
- O’Connor AM, Stacey D. World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe. Heath Evidence Network report. Should patient decision aids (PtDAs) be introduced in the healthcare system? November 2005. Available at www.euro.who.int/Document/E87791.pdf
- Weymiller AJ, Montori VM, Jones LA, et al. Helping patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus make treatment decisions: Statin Choice randomised trial. Arch Intern Med 2007;167:1076–82
- O'Connor AM, Bennett CL, Stacey D, et al. Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD001431. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001431. Last assessed as up-to-date: 30 June 2006
- Elwyn G, O’Connor A, Stacey D, et al. Developing a quality criteria framework for patient decision aids: online international Delphi consensus process. BMJ 2006;333:417; doi:10.1136/bmj.38926.629329.AE (14 August 2006)
