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Patient Decision Aid Summary

Title Esclerosis Lateral Amiotrófica (ELA) [Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)]
To access it View the patient decision aid on the developer website
Audience People who must decide on the following treatments: use of non-invasive mechanical ventilation, or gastrostomy.
Options included Non-invasive mechanical ventilation.
Invasive mechanical ventilation.
Gastrostomy.
Year of last update or review 2023
Format Web, video, paper, audio, PDF
Developer Montserrat Moharra
Where was it developed? mmoharra@gencat.cat; inmaculada.demolina@urv.cat;
Secretariat for Healthcare and Participation. Ministry of Health of Catalonia.
Spain
Health condition Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Language Spanish, Catalan
Based on 2025 IPDAS criteria (International Patient Decision Aid Standards) this patient decision aid (and/or supporting materials) meets:
7 out of 7 IPDAS Qualifying criteria to be defined as a patient decision aid
4 out of 7 IPDAS Essential criteria to lower the risk of making a biased decision
Not applicable: Other IPDAS Essential criteria for patient decision aids about screening or testing
View IPDAS criteria details.

Last modified: 2025-07-29.