Stress Urinary Incontinence Patient Decision Aid Helen Vaz, Project - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Stress Urinary Incontinence Patient Decision Aid Helen Vaz, Project Officer, Surgery and Anaesthesia Violeta Sutherland, Network Manager, Gynaecological Oncology and Urology Crystal Burgess, Surgical Services Taskforce Manager

The ACI acknowledges the traditional owners of the land that we work on − the Cammeraigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend that respect to other Aboriginal peoples present here today.

Stress Urinary Incontinence Decision Aid tool Why decided to develop: • Consumers wanted to understand their choices • Gap in the existing material

Working group members • Consumers x2 • Shared Decision Making/ Decision Aid Tool expert • General Practitioner • Urogynaecologists surgeons x4 • Registered Nurse – Urogynamics, Pelvic Floor Unit • Clinical Nurse Consultant – Benign Gynaecology • Epidemiologist

Development ‘ Choosing what is right for you’ Overarching principles - Minimum standards for decision aid tools Key components: • Health condition - Not linear towards having surgery • Risks - Continuous discussions with their doctors reviewing the choices • Benefits - Non surgical equal to surgical options • Plain English - Decision is about whether to have surgery

Key lessons learnt • Ensure know the key documents referring to • Different from patient information • Provides the information for women to ask questions • Different way of thinking

Challenges Understanding what a patient decision aid tool • is • is NOT