Feasibility and efficacy of shared decision making for first-admission schizophrenia: a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The feasibility of shared decision making (SDM) for patients with schizophrenia remains controversial due to the assumed inability of patients to cooperate in treatment decision making. This study evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of SDM in patients upon first admission for schizophrenia.

Methods

This was a randomized, parallel-group, two-arm, open-label, single-center study conducted in an acute psychiatric ward of Numazu Chuo Hospital, Japan. Patients with the diagnosis of schizophrenia upon their first admission were randomized into a SDM intervention group or a usual treatment group in a 1:1 ratio. The primary outcome was patient satisfaction at discharge. The secondary outcomes were attitudes toward medication at discharge and treatment continuation at 6

SUBMITTER: Ishii M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5294770 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature