TY - JOUR
T1 - Decisional conflict in patients and their physicians
T2 - A dyadic approach to shared decision making
AU - LeBlanc, Annie
AU - Kenny, David A.
AU - O'Connor, Annette M.
AU - Légaré, France
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Background. Decisional conflict is defined as personal uncertainty about which course of action to take when choice among competing options involves risk, regret, or challenge to personal life values. It is influenced by inadequate knowledge, unclear values, inadequate support, and the perception that an ineffective decision has been made. Until recently, it has been studied at the individual level, which ignores the interpersonal system between patients and physicians. Objective. To explore the effect of feeling uninformed, unclear values, inadequate support, and the perception that an ineffective decision has been made on one own's outcome (actor effect) and on the other person's outcome (partner effect). Methods. After a clinical encounter, modifiable deficits and personal uncertainty were measured in physicians and patients using the Decisional Conflict Scale. Structural equation modeling was used to measure the parameters of the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model. Results. A total of 112 dyads of physicians and patients were included in the analysis. For both patients and physicians, 2 actor effects, unclear values (P < 0:0001) and the perception that an ineffective decision has been made (P < 0:0001), were found to be positively correlated with personal uncertainty. One partner effect, feeling uninformed (P=0:03), was found to be negatively correlated with personal uncertainty. Conclusions. Personal uncertainty of patients and physicians is influenced not only by their respective deficits but also by the deficits of the other member of the dyad. Our results indicate that the more unclear the expression of their own values and the more they perceive that an ineffective choice had been made, the more both physicians and patients experience personal uncertainty. They also indicate that the less uninformed they feel, the more both physicians and patients experience personal uncertainty.
AB - Background. Decisional conflict is defined as personal uncertainty about which course of action to take when choice among competing options involves risk, regret, or challenge to personal life values. It is influenced by inadequate knowledge, unclear values, inadequate support, and the perception that an ineffective decision has been made. Until recently, it has been studied at the individual level, which ignores the interpersonal system between patients and physicians. Objective. To explore the effect of feeling uninformed, unclear values, inadequate support, and the perception that an ineffective decision has been made on one own's outcome (actor effect) and on the other person's outcome (partner effect). Methods. After a clinical encounter, modifiable deficits and personal uncertainty were measured in physicians and patients using the Decisional Conflict Scale. Structural equation modeling was used to measure the parameters of the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model. Results. A total of 112 dyads of physicians and patients were included in the analysis. For both patients and physicians, 2 actor effects, unclear values (P < 0:0001) and the perception that an ineffective decision has been made (P < 0:0001), were found to be positively correlated with personal uncertainty. One partner effect, feeling uninformed (P=0:03), was found to be negatively correlated with personal uncertainty. Conclusions. Personal uncertainty of patients and physicians is influenced not only by their respective deficits but also by the deficits of the other member of the dyad. Our results indicate that the more unclear the expression of their own values and the more they perceive that an ineffective choice had been made, the more both physicians and patients experience personal uncertainty. They also indicate that the less uninformed they feel, the more both physicians and patients experience personal uncertainty.
KW - Actor-partner interdependence model
KW - Decisional conflict
KW - Dyadic decision making
KW - Physician-patient relationship
KW - Relationship-centered care
KW - Shared decision making
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U2 - 10.1177/0272989X08327067
DO - 10.1177/0272989X08327067
M3 - Article
C2 - 19196706
AN - SCOPUS:59549095686
SN - 0272-989X
VL - 29
SP - 61
EP - 68
JO - Medical Decision Making
JF - Medical Decision Making
IS - 1
ER -