Decisional needs assessment of patients with complex care needs in primary care: a participatory systematic mixed studies review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patients with complex care needs (PCCNs) often suffer from combinations of multiple chronic conditions, mental health problems, drug interactions and social vulnerability, which can lead to healthcare services overuse, underuse or misuse. Typically, PCCNs face interactional issues and unmet decisional needs regarding possible options in a cascade of interrelated decisions involving different stakeholders (themselves, their families, their caregivers, their healthcare practitioners). Gaps in knowledge, values clarification and social support in situations where options need to be deliberated hamper effective decision support interventions. This review aims to (1) assess decisional needs of PCCNs from the perspective of stakeholders, (2) build a taxonomy of these decisio

SUBMITTER: Bujold M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5695438 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature