Shared Decision-Making (SDM) for Female SUI: Current Practice in Three Western Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Different decision-making styles can be used to provide counselling for the multiple reasonable treatment options for patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Shared decision-making (SDM) is currently advocated as the preferred style for preference sensitive decisions, as SDM takes patient preferences into account. This study aimed to map the current decision-making process for SUI in three Western countries.

Methods

We included 124 patients and 18 physicians in a multicentre, prospective study in five hospitals in Canada, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. We used patient and physician versions of the Control Preference Scale (CPS) questionnaires and examined audio-recordings of consultations with the OPTION-5 instrument to assess the degree of SDM

SUBMITTER: Osse NJE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12618321 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature