Supporting Individual Prosthetic Design Preferences – Development and evaluation of an AI based patient decision aid

Shared decision making (SDM) is the process by which healthcare providers collaborate with their patients to determine the most beneficial and preferred intervention alternatives and has been demonstrated to contribute to improved treatment decisions and health outcomes.

Despite significant advancements and an increasing number of treatment options, Shared decision making is not widely practiced in the field of prosthetics. Our previous research has demonstrated that users of limb prostheses in Sweden perceive that they are not receiving sufficient information regarding alternative prosthetic treatment options and that clinicians are not forthcoming in discussing problems that they may encounter with their device.

This project will build on previous work which studies the effects of aesthetic design on prosthesis user perceptions and psychosocial health (OptiPro). The project aims to develop and assess an AI-based patient decision aid to support prosthetic design choices and promote shared decision making between clinicians and patients.