Development and Alpha-testing of a Stepped Decision Aid for Patients Considering Nonsurgical Options for Knee and Hip...

Karine Toupin April¹, Tamara Rader², Gillian A Hawker²+10

• ¹From the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; these departments of the University of Ottawa: Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Population Health, Centre for Global Health, School of Nursing, Bruyere Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group and the Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto; Women's College Hospital, and Women's College Research Institute, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology and The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.K. Toupin April, PhD, Associate Scientist, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa; T. Rader, MLIS, Institute of Population Health, Trials Search Coordinator and Knowledge Translation Specialist, University of Ottawa; G.A. Hawker, MD, FRCPC, Chair, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital, Senior Scientist, Women's College Research Institute; D. Stacey, RN, PhD, Full Professor, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, and Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; J. Pardo Pardo, Managing Editor, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; A.M. O'Connor, PhD, Emeritus Professor, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa; V. Welch, PhD, Bruyere Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Deputy Director, Institute of Population Health, Centre for Global Health, University of Ottawa; A. Lyddiatt, Consumer Editor, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, University of Ottawa; J. McGowan, MLIS, PhD, AHIP, Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa; J.C. Thorne, MD, FRCP, FACP, Chief of the Division of Rheumatology and Director of The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre; C. Bennett, PT, MSc, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; G.A. Wells, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa; P. Tugwell, MSc, MD, FRCPC, FCAHS, Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Senior Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Institute of Population Health, Centre for Global Health, University of Ottawa. ktoupin@cheo.on.ca.+1