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Decision-making may benefit from values clarification exercises to communicate risk trade-offs.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n This study aimed to evaluate if a visual with a values clarification alters the understanding of the trade-offs of anticoagulation in AF.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n \n Participants aged 45\u201064 years were recruited across the United States via an online survey. While answering the survey, they were asked to imagine they were newly diagnosed with AF with a CHA\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n DS\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n -VASc (congestive heart failure; hypertension; age \u226575 years [doubled]; type 2 diabetes; previous stroke, transient ischemic attack, or thromboembolism [doubled]; vascular disease; age 65 to 75 years; and sex category) score of 1 for men and 2 for women. Eligibility criteria included no diagnosis of AF and no prior OAC use. Participants were randomized to one of three conditions: (1) standard text-based information only (n=255), (2) visual aids showing stroke-risk probabilities (n=218), or (3) visual aids plus a values clarification exercise (visual+VC; n=200). Participants were subrandomized within the 2 visual-based groups to view either a gauge display or an icon array representing stroke risk. All participants read a hypothetical scenario of being newly diagnosed with AF and hypertension. The primary outcome was decision confidence as measured by the SURE (Sure of Myself; Understand Information; Risk-Benefit Ratio; Encouragement) test. Secondary measures included participants\u2019 perceived stroke risk reduction, worry about stroke or bleeding, and likelihood to choose OAC.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n A total of 673 participants completed the survey. The overall SURE test was 61.2% (156\/255) for the standard, 66.5% (145\/218) for the visual, and 67% (134\/200) for the visual+VC group (visual vs standard\n P<\/jats:italic>\n =.23; visual+VC vs standard\n P<\/jats:italic>\n =.20). Participants were less likely to choose OAC in the visual groups (standard: mean 58.3, SD 30; visual: mean 51.4, SD 32; visual+VC: 51.9, SD 28;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n =.03). Participants felt the reduction in stroke risk from an OAC was less in the visual groups (standard: mean 63.8, SD 22; visual: mean 54.2, SD 28; visual+VC: mean 58.6, SD 25;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n <.001). Visualization methods (gauge vs icon array) showed no significant differences in overall SURE test results. Participants were less likely to choose OAC and perceived a smaller stroke risk reduction with gauge than icon array (OAC choice: gauge 48.8, icon array 55.4;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n =.03; stroke risk reduction: gauge 52.1, icon array 60.4;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n =.001).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n Visual aids can modestly affect decision confidence and perceptions regarding the benefits of OAC but do not significantly alter decision certainty in a scenario where the guidelines do not recommend for or against OAC. Future work should determine the role of a gauge versus icon array visual for decision-making in stroke prevention in AF.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2196\/67956","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,11]],"date-time":"2025-04-11T15:51:21Z","timestamp":1744386681000},"page":"e67956-e67956","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A Web-Based Tool to Perform a Values Clarification for Stroke Prevention in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Design and Preliminary Testing Study"],"prefix":"10.2196","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2910-1879","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michael P","family":"Dorsch","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3471-3063","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Allen J","family":"Flynn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-3921-7091","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kaitlyn M","family":"Greer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1338-8385","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sabah","family":"Ganai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6532-8440","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Geoffrey D","family":"Barnes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1637-4176","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Brian","family":"Zikmund-Fisher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1010","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,11]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"R1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e1","DOI":"10.1161\/CIR.0000000000001193","article-title":"2023 ACC\/AHA\/ACCP\/HRS guideline for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation: a report of the American College of Cardiology\/American Heart Association Joint Committee on clinical practice guidelines","volume":"149","author":"Joglar","journal-title":"Circulation"},{"issue":"12","key":"R2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"857","DOI":"10.7326\/0003-4819-146-12-200706190-00007","article-title":"Meta-analysis: antithrombotic therapy to prevent stroke in patients who have nonvalvular atrial fibrillation","volume":"146","author":"Hart","journal-title":"Ann Intern Med"},{"issue":"2","key":"R3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"159","DOI":"10.1007\/s10840-018-0465-5","article-title":"Shared decision-making in atrial fibrillation: navigating complex issues in partnership with the patient","volume":"56","author":"Noseworthy","journal-title":"J Interv Card Electrophysiol"},{"issue":"12","key":"R4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2731","DOI":"10.1161\/STROKEAHA.110.590257","article-title":"Identifying patients at high risk for stroke despite anticoagulation: a comparison of contemporary stroke risk stratification schemes in an anticoagulated atrial fibrillation cohort","volume":"41","author":"Lip","journal-title":"Stroke"},{"issue":"17","key":"R5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1851","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jacc.2015.08.033","article-title":"Comparative performance of ATRIA, CHADS2, and CHA2DS2-VASc risk scores predicting stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation: results from a National Primary Care Database","volume":"66","author":"van den Ham","journal-title":"J Am Coll Cardiol"},{"issue":"5","key":"R6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1093","DOI":"10.1378\/chest.10-0134","article-title":"A novel user-friendly score (HAS-BLED) to assess 1-year risk of major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation: the Euro Heart Survey","volume":"138","author":"Pisters","journal-title":"Chest"},{"issue":"4","key":"R7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"443","DOI":"10.1177\/0272989X13511706","article-title":"Blocks, ovals, or people? 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