Title
Development and pilot testing of a conversation aid to support the evaluation of patients with thyroid nodules
Date Issued
01 April 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Singh Ospina N.M.
Bagautdinova D.
Hargraves I.
Barb D.
Subbarayan S.
Srihari A.
Wang S.
Maraka S.
Bylund C.L.
Treise D.
Brito J.P.
Mayo Clinic
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Abstract
Objective: To support patient-centred care and the collaboration of patients and clinicians, we developed and pilot tested a conversation aid for patients with thyroid nodules. Design, Patient and Measurements: We developed a web-based Thyroid NOdule Conversation aid (TNOC) following a human-centred design. A proof of concept observational pre–post study was conducted (TNOC vs. usual care [UC]) to assess the impact of TNOC on the quality of conversations. Data sources included recordings of clinical visits, post-encounter surveys and review of electronic health records. Summary statistics and group comparisons are reported. Results: Sixty-five patients were analysed (32 in the UC and 33 in the TNOC cohort). Most patients were women (89%) with a median age of 57 years and were incidentally found to have a thyroid nodule (62%). Most thyroid nodules were at low risk for thyroid cancer (71%) and the median size was 1.4 cm. At baseline, the groups were similar except for higher numeracy in the TNOC cohort. The use of TNOC was associated with increased involvement of patients in the decision-making process, clinician satisfaction and discussion of relevant topics for decision making. In addition, decreased decisional conflict and fewer thyroid biopsies as the next management step were noted in the TNOC cohort. No differences in terms of knowledge transfer, length of consultation, thyroid cancer risk perception or concern for thyroid cancer diagnosis were found. Conclusion: In this pilot observational study, using TNOC in clinical practice was feasible and seemed to help the collaboration of patients and clinicians.
Start page
627
End page
636
Volume
96
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Endocrinología, Metabolismo (incluyendo diabetes, hormonas)
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85115953387
PubMed ID
Source
Clinical Endocrinology
ISSN of the container
0300-0664
Sponsor(s)
This study was supported by the Gatorade Trust through funds distributed by the University of Florida, Department of Medicine and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute grant support (NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences grant UL1 TR000064). Naykky M. Singh Ospina was supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number K08CA248972. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
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