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Shared decision-making in ongoing outpatient psychiatric treatment

McCabe, R. ORCID: 0000-0003-2041-7383, Khanom, H., Bailey, P. & Priebe, S. (2013). Shared decision-making in ongoing outpatient psychiatric treatment. Patient Education and Counseling, 91(3), pp. 326-328. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.12.020

Abstract

Objective: Research on patient involvement in decision-making in psychiatry has focused on first encounters. This study investigated what decisions are made, level of patient involvement and factors influencing patient involvement in ongoing outpatient visits.

Methods:72 visits conducted by 20 psychiatrists were video recorded. Patients had a diagnosis of depression or schizophrenia.

Results: On average, there was one medication related and one other decision per visit. Some psychiatrists involved patients more in decisions, as did female psychiatrists. Involvement was lower when patients had more negative symptoms.

Conclusion: Involvement in decision-making appears to be influenced by the individual psychiatrist and specific symptoms but not visit length.

Practice implications:It is noteworthy that patient involvement is not influenced by length of the visit given that this would be a barrier in busy clinical practice. The next step would be to identify the communication patterns of psychiatrists who involve patients more in decision-making.

Publication Type: Article
Additional Information: © 2012 Elsevier. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Publisher Keywords: Shared decision-making, Psychiatry, Schizophrenia, Depression, OPTION scale
Subjects: R Medicine
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Departments: School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Healthcare Services Research & Management
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