TY - JOUR
T1 - Randomized evaluation of decision support interventions for atrial fibrillation
T2 - Rationale and design of the RED-AF study
AU - STEP-UP AFIB Writing Group
AU - Jones, Aubrey E.
AU - McCarty, Madeleine M.
AU - Brito, Juan P.
AU - Noseworthy, Peter A.
AU - Cavanaugh, Kerri L.
AU - Cameron, Kenzie A.
AU - Barnes, Geoffrey D.
AU - Steinberg, Benjamin A.
AU - Witt, Daniel M.
AU - Crossley, George H.
AU - Passman, Rod
AU - Kansal, Preeti
AU - Hargraves, Ian
AU - Schmidt, Monika
AU - Jackson, Elizabeth
AU - Guzman, Adriana
AU - Ariotti, Anthony
AU - Pershing, Mandy L.
AU - Herrick, Jennifer
AU - Montori, Victor M.
AU - Fagerlin, Angela
AU - Ozanne, Elissa M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - Background: Shared decision making (SDM) improves the likelihood that patients will receive care in a manner consistent with their priorities. To facilitate SDM, decision aids (DA) are commonly used, both to prepare a patient before their clinician visit, as well as to facilitate discussion during the visit. However, the relative efficacy of patient-focused or encounter-based DAs on SDM and patient outcomes remains largely unknown. We aim to directly estimate the comparative effectiveness of two DA's on SDM observed in encounters to discuss stroke prevention strategies in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods: The study aims to recruit 1200 adult patients with non-valvular AF who qualify for anticoagulation therapy, and their clinicians who manage stroke prevention strategies, in a 2x2 cluster randomized multi-center trial at six sites. Two DA's were developed as interactive, online, non-linear tools: a patient decision aid (PDA) to be used by patients before the encounter, and an encounter decision aid (EDA) to be used by clinicians with their patients during the encounter. Patients will be randomized to PDA or usual care; clinicians will be randomized to EDA or usual care. Results: Primary outcomes are quality of SDM, patient decision making, and patient knowledge. Secondary outcomes include anticoagulation choice, adherence, and clinical events. Conclusion: This trial is the first randomized, head-to-head comparison of the effects of an EDA versus a PDA on SDM. Our results will help to inform future SDM interventions to improve patients’ AF outcomes and experiences with stroke prevention strategies.
AB - Background: Shared decision making (SDM) improves the likelihood that patients will receive care in a manner consistent with their priorities. To facilitate SDM, decision aids (DA) are commonly used, both to prepare a patient before their clinician visit, as well as to facilitate discussion during the visit. However, the relative efficacy of patient-focused or encounter-based DAs on SDM and patient outcomes remains largely unknown. We aim to directly estimate the comparative effectiveness of two DA's on SDM observed in encounters to discuss stroke prevention strategies in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods: The study aims to recruit 1200 adult patients with non-valvular AF who qualify for anticoagulation therapy, and their clinicians who manage stroke prevention strategies, in a 2x2 cluster randomized multi-center trial at six sites. Two DA's were developed as interactive, online, non-linear tools: a patient decision aid (PDA) to be used by patients before the encounter, and an encounter decision aid (EDA) to be used by clinicians with their patients during the encounter. Patients will be randomized to PDA or usual care; clinicians will be randomized to EDA or usual care. Results: Primary outcomes are quality of SDM, patient decision making, and patient knowledge. Secondary outcomes include anticoagulation choice, adherence, and clinical events. Conclusion: This trial is the first randomized, head-to-head comparison of the effects of an EDA versus a PDA on SDM. Our results will help to inform future SDM interventions to improve patients’ AF outcomes and experiences with stroke prevention strategies.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ahj.2022.02.010
DO - 10.1016/j.ahj.2022.02.010
M3 - Article
C2 - 35218727
AN - SCOPUS:85126932528
SN - 0002-8703
VL - 248
SP - 42
EP - 52
JO - American heart journal
JF - American heart journal
ER -