Association of physicians' Big Five personality traits with shared decision-making in patients with SLE.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Recent European League Against Rheumatism guidelines highlight the importance of shared decision-making (SDM) in SLE treatment. This study investigated the relationship between physicians' personality traits and patient-rated SDM.

Methods

Using baseline data from the Trust Measurements for Physicians and Patients with SLE (TRUM2-SLE) study, physicians' personality traits were assessed by the Japanese version of the 10-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI-J) scale (scores of 1-7 points each), while SDM was evaluated using the patient-reported nine-item SDM Questionnaire (SDM-Q-9) scale (total 0-100 points). Linear mixed-effects models with cluster-robust variance estimation analysed the association between TIPI-J scores and SDM-Q-9 scores. A cluster analysis was also p

SUBMITTER: Morishita S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12494213 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature