Evaluation of a Decision-Support Tool for Blood Biomarker Testing for Alzheimer's Disease in Primary Care
About this study
The goal of the current study is to evaluate a decision-support tool intended to help primary care providers (PCPs) communicate with patients about blood biomarker testing for Alzheimer's Disease, enhancing shared-decision making and information sharing in the clinical space. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is the decision-support tool accepted and easy to use for PCPs? * Does using the tool improve shared decision-making during clinical encounters? Researchers will compare clinical encounters between PCPs who do not use the tool to discuss blood biomarker testing for Alzheimer's Disease, versus PCPs who have been trained to utilize the tool during clinical encounters to see whether the tool effectively facilitates shared-decision making.
- Condition
- Cognitive Abnormality
- Tested
- Shared decision-making support tool
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Who can join
- Age
- 50 years and older
- Sex
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Inclusion 4
- Minimum age: 50 years
- Study condition: Cognitive Abnormality
- Simulation 1 and Simulation 2: PCPs with experience and interest in cognitive diagnosis.
- Simulation 2: community dwelling older adults age 50 or older are eligible.
Exclusion 6
- Participant Exclusion Criteria:
- Not fluent in English
- age \<50 years
- pre-existing diagnosis of cognitive impairment
- having an activated medical decision-make r or not living independently in the community.
- There will be no exclusion based upon sex/gender, race, or ethnicity.
Where
1 site, 1 recruiting
School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Contact
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Fred Ketchum, M.D., Ph.D.
608-265-5523 BiomarkersInPrimarycare@neurology.wisc.edu
Potential match only. Final eligibility is determined by the study team.