Activation, self-management, engagement, and retention in behavioral health care: a randomized clinical trial of the DECIDE intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Given minority patients' unequal access to quality care, patient activation and self-management strategies have been suggested as a promising approach to improving mental health care.

Objective

To determine whether the DECIDE (Decide the problem; Explore the questions; Closed or open-ended questions; Identify the who, why, or how of the problem; Direct questions to your health care professional; Enjoy a shared solution) intervention, an educational strategy that teaches patients to ask questions and make collaborative decisions with their health care professional, improves patient activation and self-management, as well as engagement and retention in behavioral health care.

Design, setting, and patients

In this multisite randomized clinical trial performed

SUBMITTER: Alegria M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4311517 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature