Syngery-Evaluating the Impact of Decision Aid

Emory University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs)

Treatments: Behavioral: Pre-visit timing of receipt of the ICDs implantation decision aid; Behavioral: Post-visit timing of receipt of the ICDs implantation decision aid

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03832868

IRB00107168

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to determine whether it is better to give patients an implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) decision aid before they have their first consultation with an implanting cardiac electrophysiologist or after the consult.

Full description

There are many unanswered questions about how shared decision making should be executed and how decision aids should be employed. The aim of this study is to determine whether it is better to give patients an implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) decision aid before they have their first consultation with an implanting cardiac electrophysiologist or after the consult.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years old and older
• evaluated for primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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25 participants in 2 patient groups

Pre-visit decision aid

Experimental group

Description:

Patients receiving the decision aid pre-visit will be given a paper copy of the decision aid in the waiting room and will have a minimum of 15 minutes to review it - either in the waiting room or in the exam room while waiting for the electrophysiologist.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Pre-visit timing of receipt of the ICDs implantation decision aid

Post-visit decision aid

Experimental group

Description:

Patients receiving the decision aid after the encounter will meet with the electrophysiologist first and receive the aid afterward.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Post-visit timing of receipt of the ICDs implantation decision aid