Protocol for the development and testing of a web-based patient decision aid for early-stage breast cancer patients within a cancer centre care: a mixed-method approach - PubMed
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- Protocol for developing and testing a web-based patient decision aid (PDA) for early-stage breast cancer patients in Italy.
- Aims to enhance shared decision-making (SDM), patient engagement, treatment adherence, and satisfaction.
- Development phase includes a systematic review of existing PDAs and interviews with patients and healthcare professionals.
- PDA will be tested for attractiveness, usability, comprehensibility, and health literacy.
- Pilot randomized controlled trial with 150 participants (75 control, 75 experimental) to assess efficacy.
- Outcome measures include depression, anxiety, SDM, quality of life (QoL), and distress levels.
- Ethical approval obtained from Comitato Etico Territoriale Lombardia 2 (L2-253).
- Results to be published in peer-reviewed journals; study registered on clinicaltrials.gov (NCT06762496).