Ophthalmology decision support tools: cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration (NHS England)

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.

Cataracts: making a decision about cataracts - This decision support tool is to help with decisions about cataracts. It includes information about the condition and possible treatments.

Open-angle glaucoma: making a decision about open-angle glaucoma - This decision support tool is to help with decisions about open-angle glaucoma. It includes information about the condition and possible treatments.

Wet age-related macular degeneration: making a decision about wet age-related macular degeneration - This decision support tool is to help with decisions about wet age-related macular degeneration. It includes information about the condition and possible treatments.