Shared decision making among hypertensive clients in public hospitals of West Shoa, central Ethiopia, 2020: Institution based cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient involvement in health care empowers patients to choose treatment and improves the quality of care and treatment outcomes. Despite its purpose, shared decision-making in clinical encounters was not given attention. So, this study aims to assess the level of shared decision-making among hypertensive patients.

Objective

To study the level of shared decision-making among hypertensive patients.

Method

The institution-based cross-sectional study method was used to collect data in three randomly selected public hospitals in the West Shoa Zone. A simple random sampling method was used for the selection of study participants. A pretested and structured shared decision-making questionnaire was used to measure patient engagement in decision-making. A descripti

SUBMITTER: Emana D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10279814 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature