Patient and physician decision-making dynamics in overactive bladder care: A mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Overactive bladder management includes multiple therapeutic options with comparable efficacy but a range of administration modalities and side effects, creating an ideal setting for shared decision-making. This study investigates patient and physician health beliefs surrounding decision-making and expectations for overactive bladder with the aim of better understanding and ultimately improving decision-making in overactive bladder care.

Methods

Patient and physician participants completed a questionnaire followed by a semi-structured interview to assess health beliefs surrounding decision making and expectations for overactive bladder treatment. The semi-structured interview guide, developed in an iterative fashion by the authors, probed qualities of overactive bladder

SUBMITTER: Sitto HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11054369 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature