Motivations, Barriers, and Outcomes of Patient-Reported Shared Decision Making in Eosinophilic Esophagitis.
Joy W ChangJoel H RubensteinJessica L MellingerEllyn KodroffMary J StrobelMelissa ScottDenise MackWendy BookKathleen SableScholeigh KyleAllisa PalianaEvan S DellonPublished in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2020)
Patients with EoE pursue treatment mostly to prevent worsening disease. Common barriers to treatment are inconvenience and financial costs. SDM is practiced most by gastroenterologists, but nearly half of patients do not experience SDM, indicating a substantial area of need in EoE.