Decision Conflicts in Clinical Care during COVID-19: A Patient Perspective.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: Uncertainty is typical for a pandemic or similar healthcare crisis. This affects patients with resulting decisional conflicts and disturbed shared decision making during their treatment occurring to a very different extent. Sociodemographic factors and the individual perception of pandemic-related problems likely determine this decisional dilemma for patients and can characterize vulnerable groups with special susceptibility for decisional problems and related consequences. (2) Methods: Cross-sectional data from the OnCoVID questionnaire study were used involving 540 patients from 11 participating institutions covering all major regions in Germany. Participants were actively involved in clinical treatment in oncology or psychiatry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Questionnaire

SUBMITTER: Haier J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9222354 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature