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Understanding and meeting information needs for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder.

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BACKGROUND:Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a commonly occurring mental illness. There are multiple treatments for PTSD that have similar effectiveness, but these treatments differ substantially in other ways. It is desirable to have well-informed patients involved in treatment choices. A patient decision aid (PtDA) is one method to achieve this goal. This manuscript describes the rationale and development of a patient decision aid (PtDA) designed for patients with PTSD. METHODS:We conducted an informational needs assessment of veterans (n = 19) to obtain their baseline information needs prior to the development of the PtDA. We also conducted a literature review of effective PTSD treatments, and we calculated respective effective sizes. A PtDA prototype was developed according to the guidelines from the International Patient Decision Aid Standards. These standards guided our development of both content and format for the PtDA. In accordance with the standards, we gathered feedback from patients (n = 20) and providers (n = 7) to further refine the PtDA. The information obtained from patients and the literature review was used to develop a decision aid for patients with PTSD. RESULTS:Patients with PTSD reported a strong preference to receive information about treatment options. They expressed interest in also learning about PTSD symptoms. The patients preferred information presented in a booklet format. From our literature review several treatments emerged as effective for PTSD: Cognitive Therapy, Exposure Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization Therapy, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, venlafaxine, and risperidone. CONCLUSION:It appears that the criteria set forth to develop decision aids can effectively be applied to PTSD. The resultant PTSD patient decision aid is a booklet that describes the causes, symptoms, and treatments for PTSD. Future work will examine the effects of use of the PTSD decision aid in clinical practice. TRIAL REGISTRATION:Clinicaltrials.gov identifier NCT00908440. Registered May 20, 2009.

journal_name

BMC Psychiatry

journal_title

BMC psychiatry

authors

Watts BV,Zayed MH,Llewellyn-Thomas H,Schnurr PP

doi

10.1186/s12888-016-0724-x

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-02-01 00:00:00

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issn

1471-244X

pii

10.1186/s12888-016-0724-x

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Understanding and meeting information needs for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder.