Patient Characteristics and the Extent to Which Clinicians Involve Patients in Decision Making: Secondary Analyses of Pooled Data.
Sascha M KeijMegan E BrandaVictor M MontoriJuan P BritoMarleen KunnemanArwen H PietersePublished in: Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making (2024)
Most sociodemographic patient characteristics show no association with the extent to which clinicians involve patients in shared decision making.Clinicians devoted less effort to involve patients with lower education, a difference that was not observed when a shared decision-making conversation tool was used.SDM conversation tools can be useful for clinicians to better involve patients and ensure patients get involved equally regardless of educational background.