Epidemiol Health.  2015;37:e2015018. 10.4178/epih/e2015018.

Development and application of patient decision aids

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  • 1Department of Preventive Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea. jmbae@cheju.ac.kr

Abstract

With the current overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer resulting from routine screening in Korea, it is necessary to educate the public that not all cancers are malignant. The exposure to patient decision aids (PtDAs) compared to usual care reduced the number of people choosing to undergo prostate-specific antigen screening. This article introduces the definition, usefulness, and developmental processes of PtDAs and suggests the urgent need for a Korean PtDA related to thyroid cancer screening.

Keyword

Decision aids; Thyroid neoplasms; Early detection of cancer; Clinical decision support systems

MeSH Terms

Decision Support Systems, Clinical
Decision Support Techniques*
Early Detection of Cancer
Humans
Korea
Mass Screening
Prostate-Specific Antigen
Thyroid Neoplasms
Prostate-Specific Antigen
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