Patient preference for involvement, experienced involvement, decisional conflict, and satisfaction with physician: a structural equation model test.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A comprehensive model of the relationships among different shared decision-making related constructs and their effects on patient-relevant outcomes is largely missing. Objective of our study was the development of a model linking decision-making in medical encounters to an intermediate and a long-term endpoint. The following hypotheses were tested: physicians are more likely to involve patients who have a preference for participation and are willing to take responsibility in the medical decision-making process, increased patient involvement decreases decisional conflict, and lower decisional conflict favourably influences patient satisfaction with the physician.

Methods

This model was tested in a German primary care sample (N = 1,913). Psychometrically tested inst

SUBMITTER: Holzel LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3701592 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature