Have your say in the Future of Prostate Care - Help us Evaluate a Patient-Focused Intervention
Skills / interests: Patient and public input
Methodological skills / interests: Qualitative evidence synthesis
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is a complex condition that affects around 3.2 million men in the UK. Urology referrals to hospital care have risen by 20% over the last 20 years, with BPH among the most common reason older men seek medical consultation. Since men often face multiple treatment options, consideration of their priorities and preferences is necessary, however research indicates this is not always adopted in practice.
This project, working with the NHS and the University of Winchester, explores how to improve shared decision-making (SDM) within secondary (hospital) urological care for men with BPH.
Alongside our own patient and public involvement (PPI) group of individuals with lived experience, we have co-designed a prototype decision aid that we want to evaluate. Our evaluation study involves taking part in either:
- An Online Questionnaire - involving rating different aspects of the intervention along a scale and open-ended questions (https://winchesterpsychology.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ePYNcJaNLOwnQPk)
- Interviews to feedback your opinions and experience of using and interacting with the prototype intervention - £25 Amazon voucher (https://winchesterpsychology.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eG02KfArOXY7nBc)
Taking part will involve you being asked to feedback your thoughts and experiences of using and interacting with the prototype decision aid. This will allow us to then change parts of the intervention to better suit the needs of patients and their loved ones. We really want to involve a diverse range of individuals and perspectives in this research.
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