Shared Decision Making for Elective Surgical Procedures in Older Adults with and without Cognitive Insufficiencies.
Katherine D ValentineHa VoBrittney ManciniRichard D UrmanFranchesca AriasMichael J BarryKaren R SepuchaPublished in: Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making (2023)
Forty percent of patients 65 y or older who were scheduled for elective surgery had scores indicative of cognitive insufficiencies.Patient-reported shared decision making, decisional conflict, and decision regret did not differ significantly for patients with and without cognitive insufficiencies.The Shared Decision Making Process scale was an acceptable, reliable, and valid measure of shared decision making in patients with and without cognitive insufficiencies.