Shared decision-making aid for juvenile idiopathic arthritis: moving from informative patient education to interactive critical thinking.

The developed SDM aid offered the children evidence-based information about the pros and cons of treatment options and improved their understanding of the disease and their ability to make an informed decision that is reflected on their adherence to therapy and better treatment outcomes. Key Points • This work represents the second generation of shared decision-making tools. • The developed tool adopts an interactive style and enhances critical thinking, giving the patients the facility of making their own decision regarding their management. • The work gives an example of core domain set of outcomes which can be used for shared decision-making interventions.