Investigating the Impact of a Shared Decision-Making Tool

The Shared Decision-Making Tool (SDMT) is designed to provide a personalized, patient- centered framework for clinical discussions regarding treatment options for knee osteoarthritis. The tool functions through patient input of information such as pain severity and current symptoms, alongside other demographic information such as age, race, and comorbidities, to offer a series of outcomes to better illustrate how the patient's specific disease presentation will progress. Ultimately, using the SDMT may impact patient behavior if patients change their treatment preferences after utilizing the tool. This can empower them to seek additional support over time and maintain communication with their orthopedist to ensure they are on a healthier path.

Short video that describes knee osteoarthritis and possible treatment options.

Standard of care counseling for a patient presenting with knee osteoarthritis.