Informed decision making and prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing for prostate cancer: A randomised controlled trial exploring the impact of a brief patient decision aid on men's knowledge, attitudes and intention to be tested
Patient Education and CounselingPublished 1 August 2006
Eila Watson, Paul Hewitson, Jo Brett, Colleen Bukach, Rhodri Evans, Adrian Edwards
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The brief pDA was shown to dramatically increase men's knowledge of the benefits and risks of the PSA test and could serve as an acceptable and low cost adjunct to counselling by the General Practitioner (GP), and should promote informed decision making regarding the PSC test.
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This brief pDA could serve as an acceptable and low cost adjunct to counselling by the General Practitioner (GP), and should promote informed decision making regarding the PSA test. Further research is required to ascertain the utility of the decision aid during the consultation.
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