Do consultants do what they say they do? Observational study of the extent to which clinicians involve their patients in the decision-making process.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess whether consultants do what they say they do in reaching decisions with their patients.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of hospital outpatient encounters, comparing consultants' self-reported usual decision-making style to their actual observed decision-making behaviour in video-recorded encounters.

Setting

Large secondary care teaching hospital in the Netherlands.

Participants

41 consultants from 18 disciplines and 781 patients.

Primary and secondary outcome measure

With the Control Preference Scale, the self-reported usual decision-making style was assessed (paternalistic, informative or shared decision making). Two independent raters assessed decision-making behaviour for each decision using the Observing Patient Involvement (OPTI

SUBMITTER: Driever EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8734018 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature