Randomized Controlled Trial
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World J Orthop. Dec 18, 2021; 12(12): 1026-1035
Published online Dec 18, 2021. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v12.i12.1026
Decision aids can decrease decisional conflict in patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis: Randomized controlled trial
Lode A van Dijk, Antonius MJS Vervest, Dominique C Baas, Rudolf W Poolman, Daniel Haverkamp
Lode A van Dijk, Antonius MJS Vervest, Dominique C Baas, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tergooi Hospital, Hilversum 1213 XZ, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Rudolf W Poolman, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam 1091 AC, Netherlands
Rudolf W Poolman, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden 2333 ZA, Netherlands
Daniel Haverkamp, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Xpert Orthopedie Amsterdam/SCORE (Specialized Center of Orthopedic Research and Education), Amsterdam 1101 EA, Netherlands
Author contributions: Poolman RW and Haverkamp D contributed to the study design; Poolman RW, Haverkamp D and Vervest AMSJ contributed to including patients in the study; van Dijk LA, Vervest AMSJ and Baas DC wrote the first draft of the manuscript; all authors read and approved the final manuscript before submission.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Slotervaart Hospital. The METC number is P1263.
Clinical trial registration statement: This study is registered at Nederlands Trial Register. The registration identification number is NL4291 (Old trial number: NTR4435).
Informed consent statement: No additional invasive diagnostic interventions or invasive treatments were performed. For this study a waiver for informed consent was obtained.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There is no conflict-of-interest.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
CONSORT 2010 statement: The authors have read the CONSORT 2010 Statement, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CONSORT 2010 Statement.
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Corresponding author: Lode A van Dijk, MD, N/A, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tergooi Hospital, van Riebeeckweg 212, Hilversum 1213 XZ, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. lvandijk@tergooi.nl
Received: March 20, 2021
Peer-review started: March 20, 2021
First decision: June 7, 2021
Revised: June 21, 2021
Accepted: November 24, 2021
Article in press: November 24, 2021
Published online: December 18, 2021
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis provided with an additional decision aid appear to have less decisional conflict, more knowledge about their treatment, more satisfaction with the given information by their physician and therefore more satisfaction with their physician after their first consultation with the physician.