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Ajitsaria P, Lott N, Baker A, Lacey J, Magnusson M, Douglas JL, Healey P, Tan-Gore E, Szwec SV, Barker D, Deeming S, Tavener M, Smith S, Gani J, Attia J. Protocol paper for SMART OPS: Shared decision-making Multidisciplinary Approach - a Randomised controlled Trial in the Older adult Population considering Surgery. BMJ Open 2023; 13:e070159. [PMID: 37407039 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/07/2023] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION The Australian population presenting with surgical pathology is becoming older, frailer and more comorbid. Shared decision-making is rapidly becoming the gold standard of care for patients considering high-risk surgery to ensure that appropriate, value-based healthcare decisions are made. Positive benefits around patient perception of decision-making in the immediacy of the decision are described in the literature. However, short-term and long-term holistic patient-centred outcomes and cost implications for the health service require further examination to better understand the full impact of shared decision-making in this population. METHODS We propose a novel multidisciplinary shared decision-making model of care in the perioperative period for patients considering high-risk surgery in the fields of general, vascular and head and neck surgery. We assess it in a two arm prospective randomised controlled trial. Patients are randomised to either 'standard' perioperative care, or to a multidisciplinary (surgeon, anaesthetist and end-of-life care nurse practitioner or social worker) shared decision-making consultation. The primary outcome is decisional conflict prior to any surgical procedure occurring. Secondary outcomes include the patient's treatment choice, how decisional conflict changes longitudinally over the subsequent year, patient-centred outcomes including life impact and quality of life metrics, as well as morbidity and mortality. Additionally, we will report on healthcare resource use including subsequent admissions or representations to a healthcare facility up to 1 year. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION This study has been approved by the Hunter New England Human Research Ethics Committee (2019/ETH13349). Study findings will be presented at local and national conferences and within scientific research journals. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ACTRN12619001543178.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pragya Ajitsaria
- Department of Anaesthesia, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- Department of Surgery, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Anaesthesia, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- Hunter New England Local Health District, New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Anaesthesia, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Anaesthesia, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Surgery, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- Health Research Economics, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- Hunter New England Local Health District, New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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Sambri A, Fiore M, Tedeschi S, De Paolis M. The Need for Multidisciplinarity in Modern Medicine: An Insight into Orthopaedic Infections. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10040756. [PMID: 35456807 PMCID: PMC9028939 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10040756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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- Andrea Sambri
- Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy; (M.F.); (M.D.P.)
- Correspondence:
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- Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy; (M.F.); (M.D.P.)
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- Infectious Disease Department, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy;
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- Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy; (M.F.); (M.D.P.)
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