Sex and gender considerations in implementation interventions to promote shared decision making: A secondary analysis of a Cochrane systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Shared decision making (SDM) in healthcare is an approach in which health professionals support patients in making decisions based on best evidence and their values and preferences. Considering sex and gender in SDM research is necessary to produce precisely-targeted interventions, improve evidence quality and redress health inequities. A first step is correct use of terms. We therefore assessed sex and gender terminology in SDM intervention studies.

Materials and methods

We performed a secondary analysis of a Cochrane review of SDM interventions. We extracted study characteristics and their use of sex, gender or related terms (mention; number of categories). We assessed correct use of sex and gender terms using three criteria: "non-binary use", "use of appropriat

SUBMITTER: Adisso EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7544054 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature