Long-term conditions decision support tools: pain, depression and diabetes (NHS Engand)

Summary

Decision support tools, also called patient decision aids, support shared decision making by making treatment, care and support options explicit. They provide evidence-based information about the associated benefits/harms and help patients to consider what matters most to them in relation to the possible outcomes, including doing nothing.

Content

Decision support tool: making decisions to help you live well with chronic primary pain

This tool is for people aged 16 years and over with chronic primary pain. It can help you think about what options you might like to consider to help you live well with pain.

Decision support tool: making decisions about managing depression

This tool will help you compare possible treatment options. It is for adults with depression. Depression affects different people in different ways. Thinking about the different options can help you choose what’s best for you at the moment.

Decision support tool: making a decision about managing type 1 diabetes

This leaflet is for people with type 1 diabetes. It can help you decide between the different technologies available to manage diabetes. You should go through this leaflet and then talk to your diabetes team.