Identifying Womens' Needs in Making a Treatment Decision for Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Choosing a treatment option for female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is a preference-sensitive decision. Nowadays, shared decision making (SDM) is the preferred way of decision making. SDM considers the needs patients have regarding the decision-making process. The aim of this study was to identify decisional needs of women who are making a treatment decision for SUI.

Materials and methods

Semistructured interviews were planned with women who had been seeking treatment for SUI. Patients were recruited in two teaching hospitals in the Netherlands. Interviewers used a topic list based on the Ottawa decision support framework. The interviews were transcribed and coded. Themes and subthemes of factors relating to the treatment decision-making process were identifi

SUBMITTER: Gerritse MBE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10354721 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature