Patient Decision Aids (PDAs) are designed to help patients make difficult decisions about their treatments and medical tests. They are used when there is no clinical evidence to suggest that one treatment is better than another and patients need help in deciding which option will be best for them.
Research shows that PDAs are really effective in helping patients make informed choices about their healthcare and increase patients’ awareness of the expected risks, benefits and likely outcomes.
Each decision aid allows you to create a personal record of your journey by building a summary of the pages you visit and the answers to all the questions asked. This summary will be available to your health professional and used when discussing your treatment preferences with them.
This patient decision aid is for adults with advanced kidney disease who, with the agreement of their healthcare professionals, recognise that they are approaching the end of life stage of their kidney disease.
This Patient Decision Aid is for women who have been offered chorionic villus sampling (CVS) or amniocentesis.
This Patient Decision Aid is for patients diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Its purpose is to help people decide which approach to treatment for BPH is right for them.
This Patient Decision Aid is for women recently diagnosed with breast cancer and who have been given a choice between lumpectomy (also known as wide local excision or breast conserving surgery) with radiotherapy or mastectomy. This decision aid is not recommended if you are a man with breast cancer or a woman whose cancer has spread beyond the breast and is not suitable for lumpectomy.
This Patient Decision Aid is for people who have been diagnosed with cataracts. Its purpose is to help people decide whether or not having surgery to remove their cataracts is right for them at this time.
This Patient Decision Aid is for people with arthritis of the knee who have pain, stiffness, limited mobility or other symptoms that may make everyday activities difficult. Its purpose is to help people decide which treatment for knee arthritis is right for them.
This Patient Decision Aid is for patients with localised prostate cancer that is in the early stages. Its purpose is to help people decide which approach to treatment for localised prostate cancer is right for them.
People with hip arthritis can live full and active lives. While there is currently no cure, lifestyle changes and treatment can reduce the pain, stiffness, and disability caused by arthritis. Exploring the benefits and risks of your treatment options can help you decide what's best for you, and this decision aid is a tool to help you make that decision.
This Patient Decision Aid is for men who need to decide whether or not to have a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test.
