Option Grid

Option Grids are brief tools to help patients take part in making decisions

To download a pdf of the Option Grid, click on Option Grid title:

Amniocentesis - to help you and your clinician decide whether or not to have an amniocentesis test.
Breast cancer surgery - to help you and your clinician decide whether to have a mastectomy or to have a 'lumpectomy with radiotherapy'.
Chronic kidney disease - to help you and your clinician choose the dialysis treatment that suits you best.
Crohn’s disease treatments - to help you and your clinician decide on the best initial treatment for your disease.
Early cancer of the tonsil - to help you and your clinician choose between two treatment options for early cancer of the tonsil.
Early cancer of the vocal cords - to help you and your clinician choose between two treatment options for early cancer of the vocal cords.
Glue ear - to help you and your clinician decide what best to do to if your child has glue ear.
High cholesterol - to help you and your clinician decide what best to do to lower your cholesterol.
Tonsillectomy - to help you and your clinician decide whether or not your child (under 16) should have a tonsillectomy.
Valproate and possible pregnancy - Use this grid if you take sodium valproate for epilepsy (genetic or idiopathic generalised): you may want to change your medication if you might become pregnant.

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Decision Laboratory
Institute of Primary Care & Public Health
Cardiff University