NCT04234035

Shared Decision-Making for the Promotion of Patient-Centered Imaging in the ED: Suspected Kidney Stones

Shared Decision-Making for the Promotion of Patient-Centered Imaging in the Emergency Department: Suspected Kidney Stones

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 98 (actual)
• Sponsor: Baystate Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Although a CT scan is required for some Emergency Department patients with signs and symptoms of a kidney stone, recent evidence has shown that routine scanning is unnecessary and may expose young patients to significant cumulative radiation, increasing their risk of future cancers. Shared Decision-Making may facilitate diagnostic imaging decisions that are more inline with patients' values and preferences. By comparing a shared approach to diagnostic decision-making to a traditional, physician-directed approach, this study lays the foundation for a future randomized trial that will reduce radiation exposure, improve engagement, and improve the quality and patient-centeredness of Emergency Department care.

Conditions

• Shared Decision-making
• Kidney Stone
• Emergencies
• Radiation Exposure
• Communication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Decision Aid	Decision aid to facilitated shared decision-making
OTHER	Standardized Educational Material (informational pamphlet)	Pamphlet with information about kidney stones

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-12-11
• Primary completion: 2024-03-30
• Completion: 2024-03-30
• First posted: 2020-01-21
• Last updated: 2024-07-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States