Shared Decision Making in Graves Disease - Graves Disease (GD) Choice

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hyperthyroidism; Thyroid Disease; Graves' Disease

Treatments: Other: Decision Aid

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02107794

12-007708

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators' decision aid for patients with GD, GD Choice, will be the result of a user-centered participatory action research involving) synthesis of the best available evidence from the literature and real-world registry experience, ii) input and involvement of patients, clinicians and other stakeholders, iii) direct observation of encounters and iv) extensive field-testing. The goal is to create a decision aid that will be rigorously evidence-based, clear and complete, able to be used by clinicians with minimal training time, while satisfying extant standards for rigorous high-quality shared decision making tools.

Enrollment: 93 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults ≥ 18 years
• Diagnosis of Graves Disease
• Appointment with endocrinologist to discuss treatment options for Graves Disease

Exclusion criteria

• Major barriers to participate in shared decision making or to providing informed consent (i.e. dementia, severe hearing or visual impairment)

Trial design

93 participants in 2 patient groups

Decision Aid

Active Comparator group

Description:

Observation of clinical encounter using the decision aid, via video, audio or written notes.

Treatment:

Other: Decision Aid

Usual Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Observations in clinical encounters, either video, audio, or observational notes.