Ten years of the International Patient Decision Aid Standards Collaboration: evolution of the core dimensions for assessing the quality of patient decision aids

Robert J Volk,Dawn Stacey,Glyn Elwyn,Hilary Llewellyn-Thomas

doi:10.1186/1472-6947-13-s2-s1

Abstract

In 2003, the International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration was established to enhance the quality and effectiveness of patient decision aids by establishing an evidence-informed framework for improving their content, development, implementation, and evaluation. Over this 10 year period, the Collaboration has established: a) the background document on 12 core dimensions to inform the original modified Delphi process to establish the IPDAS checklist (74 items); b) the valid and reliable IPDAS instrument (47 items); and c) the IPDAS qualifying (6 items), certifying (6 items + 4 items for screening), and quality criteria (28 items). The objective of this paper is to describe the evolution of the IPDAS Collaboration and discuss the standardized process used to update the background documents on the theoretical rationales, evidence and emerging issues underlying the 12 core dimensions for assessing the quality of patient decision aids.

Highlights

Open AccessTen years of the International Patient Decision Aid Standards Collaboration: evolution of the core dimensions for assessing the quality of patient decision aidsRobert J Volk1*, Hilary Llewellyn-Thomas2,3, Dawn Stacey4,5, Glyn Elwyn6From The International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration s Quality Dimensions: Theoretical Rationales, Current Evidence, and Emerging Issues Rockville, MD, USA. 13 September 2012 AbstractIn 2003, the International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration was established to enhance the quality and effectiveness of patient decision aids by establishing an evidence-informed framework for improving their content, development, implementation, and evaluation
Patient decision aids Patient decision aids are tools designed to help people participate in decision making about health care options, with the goal of promoting deliberation between patients, health care providers, and others about those options
Collaboration The International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration is a world-wide group of researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders who are interested in the design and use of patient decision aids

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Ten years of the International Patient Decision Aid Standards Collaboration: evolution of the core dimensions for assessing the quality of patient decision aids. From The International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration s Quality Dimensions: Theoretical Rationales, Current Evidence, and Emerging Issues Rockville, MD, USA. 13 September 2012

Background

IPDAS Collaboration Background Document