Archive of Ottawa Decision Aids
The following patient decision aids were developed in Ottawa and are only available in our archives. Given they are out-of-date (published >5 years ago), they should no longer be used to guide decisions in clinical practice. For more information regarding these decision aids, please contact decisionaid@ohri.ca.
Learn about our methods for developing decision aids.
- The Cochrane Musculoskeletal Review Group
has developed the following patient decision aids using evidence from Cochrane systematic reviews. (2011)
- What are my options for managing hip or knee osteoarthritis?
- Should I have transcutaneous electrostimulation (TENS) for osteoarthritis (OA) in my knee?
- Should I have ultrasound treatment for osteoarthritis (OA) in my knee?
- Should I take alendronate (Fosamax®) for osteoporosis?
- Should I take Etidronate (Didronel®) for osteoporosis?
- Should I take Risedronate (Actonel®) for osteoporosis?
- Should I take abatacept (Orencia®) for rheumatoid arthritis?
- Should I take etanercept (Enbrel®) for rheumatoid arthritis?
- Should I take tocilizumab (Actemra®) for rheumatoid arthritis?
- Should I take methotrexate (Rheumatrex®) for rheumatoid arthritis?
- I have never taken medication for rheumatoid arthritis before. Should I take methotrexate (Rheumatrex®) alone or with other diseasemodifying anti-rheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis?
- When you need extra care, should you receive it at home or in a facility? (2010)
- Decision Aid for Adult Cystic Fibrosis Patient Considering Bilateral Lung Transplantation (2010)
- Should My Child Have a Second Cochlear Implant? (2009 reviewed 2015)
- What can you do to prevent HPV and cervical cancer? A decision aid for parents/guardians of girls in Grade 8 in Ontario (2009)
- Making Choices: The Use of Intubation and Mechanical Ventilation for Severe Chronic Pulmonary Disease (2008)
- Ottawa Influenza Decision Aid (OIDA): What can you do to prevent influenza? A decision aid for those working in a healthcare setting. (2008)
- Making Choices: Long Term Feeding Tube Placement in Elderly Patients. (2001 updated 2008)
- Should you take traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or Cox2 inhibitors for osteoarthritis? (2005)
- Bone/Muscle Conditions (2003): First published in the BMJ book
Evidence-Based Rheumatology.
- Ankylosing spondylitis: Should I take biologic agents such as infliximab or etanercept?
- Gout: Should I take non-steroidal anti-imflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)?
- Should you take steroids and immunosuppressive agents for lupus kidney disease?
- Osteoporosis: Should I take Alendronate?
- Osteoporosis: Should I take Etidronate?
- Osteoporosis: Should I take hormone replacement therapy (HRT)?
- Should you take calcium channel blockers for Raynaud's from scleroderma?
- Should you take a combination of DMARDs for rheumatoid arthritis?
- Rheumatoid arthritis: Should I take infliximab?
- Rheumatoid arthritis: Should I take methotrexate?
- Scleroderma: Should I take methotrexate?
- Shoulder pain in rotator cuff disease: Should I have a steroid injection?
- Tennis elbow: Should I have a steroid injection?
- Vasculitis: Should I switch to azathioprine after going into remission with cyclophosphamide?
- Making Choices: Osteoporosis Treatment Options (2002)
- Making Choices: Life Changes to Lower Your Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke (2001)
- Making Choices: Care at Home or Admission to a Care Facility (2000)
- Becoming Involved in the Decisions You Face: A Guide for Women with Breast Cancer (2000)
- Making Choices: Prenatal Testing (1999)
- Making Choices: Options for Lowering My Risk of Breast Cancer (1999)
- Making Choices: Blood Transfusion in Heart Surgery (1999)
- Making decisions about the removal of my breast cancer: What Do I Prefer? (1998)
- Making Choices: Treatment of Stage IV (metastatic) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (1997)
- Making Choices: Treatments to Prevent Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation (1996)
Other Archived Ottawa Resources
A decision tool for middle-aged women making decisions about managing body weight and making lifestyle changes during the transition to menopause.
ISDM 2005 Program and Abstracts book
The 3rd International Shared Decision Making Conference was held at the University of Ottawa June 14-16, 2005.
Archived 2003 Guidelines for Decision Aid Development
This workbook will guide you through the process of developing and evaluating a decision aid.
Last updated in 2003, still available here for historical reasons.
ISDM 2003 Book of Abstracts
The 2nd International Shared Decision Making Conference was held at the Swansea Clinical School, University of Wales Swansea September 2-4 2003.
Archived 2002 Annotated Bibliography of Shared Decision Making
An annotated bibliography of key references on shared decision making.
Last updated in 2002, still available here for historical reasons.
New references are included directly on associated web pages.
Last modified: 2024-03-15.
