Option Grid decision aids are brief, easy-to-read tools designed to help patients and healthcare professionals compare healthcare options. The content is created based on the questions patients most frequently ask when they need to make a decision about a drug, a test, or a treatment. Option Grid decision aids support shared-decision making and empower patients to actively engage in their healthcare. Here are some examples of previously developed Option Grid decision aids. New EBSCO Health Option Grid decision aids are coming soon.
Empowers Patients: Helps patients share what matters most to them
Easy to Read: Uses patient-friendly language
Evidence-Based: Uses highest quality clinical evidence available
Patient-Tested: Co-developed with patients to make sure the patient voice is heard
Trustworthy: Developed without conflicts of interest
Simple to Use: Can be used in clinical visits without adding extra time
Supporting Shared Decision-making for Children's Complex Behavioral Problems: Development and User Testing of an Option Grid™ Decision Aid ― Barnett, E.R., Boucher, E.A., Daviss, W.B. et al. Community Mental Health J (2017). doi:10.1007/z10597-017-0136-5
Working with interpreters: the challenges of introducing Option Grid™ patient decision aids. ― Wood F, Phillips K, Edwards A, Elwyn G. Patient Educ Couns. 2016. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2016.09.016
Trustworthy patient decision aids: a qualitative analysis addressing the risk of competing interests. ― Elwyn G, Dannenberg M, Blaine A, et al. BMJ Open. 2016;6:e012562. DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2016- 012562
Much clearer with pictures': using community-based participatory research to design and test a Picture Option Grid for underserved patients with breast cancer. ― Durand MA, Alam S, Grande SW, Elwyn G. BMJ Open. 2016:6(2) DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010008
Shared Decision Making: A Model for Clinical Practice. ― Elwyn G, Frosch D, Thomson R, Joseph-Williams N, Lloyd A, Kinnersley P, Cording E, Tomson D, Dodd C, Rollnick S, Edwards A, Barry M. J Gen Intern Med. 2012:27(10);1361-1367. DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2077-6
Shared decision making in a multidisciplinary head and neck cancer team: a case study of developing Option Grids. ― Elwyn G, Lloyd A, Joseph-Williams A, Beasley A, Tomkinson A. The International Journal of Person Centered Medicine. 2012:2(3):421-426. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/ijpcm.v2i3.262.
Option Grids: Shared decision making made easier. ― Elwyn G, Lloyd A, Joseph-Williams N, Cording E, Thomson R, Durand MA, Edwards A. Patient Education and Counseling. 2013:90(2);207–212. DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.06.036
Supporting shared decision making using an Option Grid for osteoarthritis of the knee in an interface musculoskeletal clinic: a stepped wedge trial. ― Elwyn G, Pickles T, Edwards A, Kinsey K, Brain K, Newcombe RG, Firth J, Marrin K, Nye A, Wood F. Patient Education and Counseling. 2016:99(4);571-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.10.011
Using Option Grids: steps toward shared decision-making for neonatal circumcision. ― Fay M, Grande SW, Donnelly K, Elwyn G. Patient Education and Counseling. 2015:In Press. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2015.08.025
Option grids: an idea whose time has come? ―Greenhalgh T. The British Journal of General Practice. 2013:63(608);147. DOI: 10.3399/bjgp13X664315.
Patchy 'coherence': using normalization process theory to evaluate a multi-faceted shared decision making implementation program (MAGIC). ―Lloyd A, Joseph-Williams N, Edwards A, Rix A, Elwyn G. Implementation Science. 2013:8;102. DOI:10.1186/1748-5908-8-102.
Fast and frugal tools for shared decision-making: How to develop Option Grids. ― Marrin K, Brain K, Durand M-A, Edwards A, Lloyd A, Thomas C, Elwyn G. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare. 2013:1(1);240-245. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/ejpch.v1i1.657
Option Grids to facilitate shared decision making for patients with Osteoarthritis of the knee: protocol for a single site, efficacy trial. ― Marrin K, Wood F, Firth J, Kinsey K, Edwards A, Brain K E, … Elwyn G. BMC Health Services Research. 2014:14(1),160. DOI:10.1186/1472-6963-14-160
Shared decision-making in epilepsy management. ― Pickrell WO, Elwyn G, Smith PE. Epilepsy Behavior. 2015:S1525-5050(15)00040-2. DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.01.033
Clinicians' perceptions of digital vs. paper-based decision support interventions. ― Politi MC, Adsul P, Kuzemchak MD, Zeuner R, Frosch DL. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 2015:21;175-179. DOI: 10.1111/jep.12269
Using an Option Grid in shared decision making. ― Seal RP, Kynaston J, Elwyn G, Smith PEM. Practical Neurology. 2014:14:54-56. DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2013-000806
Shared decision making: really putting patients at the centre of healthcare. ― Stiggelbout AM, Van der Weijden T, De Wit MPT, Frosch D, Légaré F, Montori VM, Trevena L, Elwyn G. BMJ. 2012:344:e256. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e256
Assessing Option Grid® practicability and feasibility for facilitating shared decision making: An exploratory study. ― Tsulukidze M, Grande SW, Gionfriddo MR. Patient Education and Counseling. 2015:In Press. DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.03.013
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