Where is the evidence? A systematic review of shared decision making and patient outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite widespread advocacy for shared decision making (SDM), the empirical evidence regarding its effectiveness to improve patient outcomes has not been systematically reviewed. The purpose of this study was to systematically review the empirical evidence linking patient outcomes and SDM, when the decision-making process has been explicitly measured, and to identify under what measurement perspectives SDM is associated with which types of patient outcomes (affective-cognitive, behavioral, and health).

Data sources

PubMed (through December 2012) and hand search of article bibliographies.

Study selection

Studies were included if they empirically 1) measured SDM in the context of a patient-clinician interaction and 2) evaluated the relationship between SDM an

SUBMITTER: Shay LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4270851 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature