Effect of a Decision Aid on Decision Making for the Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse

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Conditions studied: Decisional Conflict

In brief

Pelvic organ prolapse is a common condition that affects millions of women every year. There are many options for treatment and it can be difficult to make a decision as how best to proceed. Previous studies have shown that decisional aids (DAs) may improve knowledge, physician-patient communication, decisional conflict, and patient satisfaction. However, no study has evaluated the role of a decisional aid among women presenting for evaluation and management of prolapse. We would like to determine if a decision aid for prolapse decreases the amount of decisional conflict women face when choosing a plan of care. We hypothesize that there will be a difference in the level/amount of decisional conflict between women who receive a DA and those who do not. Specifically, we anticipate that women randomized to receiving standard counseling and a DA with have less decisional conflict than the cohort receiving standard counseling alone.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT01798082
Run by: Hartford Hospital
People needed: 126
Starts: 2012-12-01
Last updated by the study team: 2013-08-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

Female
≥18 years old
Scheduled for consultation visit for pelvic organ prolapse of any type (cystocele, rectocele, enterocele, uterine prolapse, and/or uterovaginal prolapse)

You may not qualify if…

<18 years old
Non-English speaking
Any patient who declines, or expresses unwillingness to being contacted for participation in the study
Planned concomitant non-gynecologic procedure
Established patient in the practice

Where it is running

Hartford Hospital — Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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