Projects
Development, implementation and evaluation of a patient decision aid for prostate cancer screening (PSA) in Flanders. KU Leuven
Shared decision-making for lung cancer prevention: patient-steered development and evaluation of a patient and health care workers decision aid. University of Antwerp
Shared decision-making for lung cancer prevention: patient-driven development and evaluation of a decision aid for patients and healthcare providers KU Leuven
The project aims to enhance the effectiveness of lung cancer screening in Belgium by supporting individuals being screened and healthcare providers in making well-informed decisions about the screening process. This will be achieved through the creation of decision aids in various formats, such as brochures, videos, and/or online applications. These tools will provide information to the screening population about the potential pros and cons ...
Shared decision-making for lung cancer prevention: patient-driven development and evaluation of a decision aid for patients and healthcare providers KU Leuven
Screening with a low dose CT scan could reduce lung cancer (LC) mortality by up to 20%. However, despite significant potential benefits, LC screening rates in countries where LC screening has been implemented have been described to be unacceptably low (1). Reasons for low success rates articulate that there is a lack of targeted and structured delivery approach to inform the to-be-screened population (eligible population) regarding the ...
The role of decision support in enabling and supporting shared decision making in primary care KU Leuven
More than a decade ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) envisioned that by now, the vast majority of healthcare related decisions and choices would be supported by accurate, up-to-date and timely information. This goal was part of a larger aim to promote evidence-based healthcare across the country. To enable this vision, learning health systems were suggested as a substrate to disseminate and implement this information or evidence. Clinical ...
Integrating shared decision making in Belgian clinical practice KU Leuven
Shared decision making (SDM) is a model in which patients and clinicians work together to reach a decision about care, based on the available treatment options and patients’ preferences. SDM is seen as an ideal model for treatment decision-making that may lead to higher quality decisions and better health outcomes. SDM can be facilitated with patient decision aids (PtDAs) resulting in increased patients’ knowledge and decreased decisional ...
Research into patient preferences and the development of a concrete tool to measure them KU Leuven
During the last two decades, shared decision making (SDM) has been increasingly applied in multiple health care decision contexts. Within the model of SDM, a patient and physician share information regarding the benefits and risks of potential options and personal preferences. They discuss the patient’s preferences for each of the available options and discuss the patient’s desire for involvement in decision making. Finally, they make or ...
DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A WEB-BASED DECISION AIDFOR MEN BETWEEN THE AGE OF 65 AND 75 WITH LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER IN MAKING A TREATMENT CHOICE KU Leuven
Traditionally, a doctor is required to determine the patient’s diagnosis on the basis of which a treatment choice will be made. The doctor, as expert, is expected to know about the treatment options appropriate for the patient. In the past decade, the doctor-patient relationship has shifted. Patients are more articulate, critical and self-conscious. Medical advice given by a doctor is often not taken for granted but will be weighed up based ...
Development and testing of a virtual patient-based training program on shared decision making for undergraduate medical students. KU Leuven
In shared decision making (SDM), physicians and patients make decisions together by taking into account both the most recent scientific findings and the wishes, expectations and preferences of the patient. In this collaborative process, patient-centered communication skills are combined with scientific evidence such as trustworthy guideline recommendations in order to improve the quality of care. Allthough considered best practice, SDM is not ...