Objective To explore the factors which affect shared decision-making and develop strategies to get patients actively involved in clinical decision-making.
Methods We conducted a survey on 566 patients of a Class A Hospital in Sichuan with group random sampling method. The data were collected by the use of anonymous selfadministered questionnaires. We used SPSS 10.0 to analyse the data.
Results A total of 600 questionnaires were distributed at random, of which 565 were completed. There were 68% patients who had some knowledge of the disease, and 93% who were willing to participate in clinical decision-making. The patients’ biggest concerns were: treatment effect, cost and doctors’ skills. The biggest difficulties that patients worried about were: long-time waiting in out-patient departments and limited time to communicate with doctors.
Conclusion As more and more patients would like to involve in shared decision-making, doctors need to provide patients with more choices and help them make a right decision in their treatment.
Citation： ZHANG Qiongwen,WAN Xiaoli,LIU Yin,DONG Xinxin,WANG Haiqing,WANG Fei,FAN Zhiyu,CHEN Xiyang,ZHANG Mingming. A Survey Analysis of Patients’ Perceptions of Difficulties in Shared Clinical Decision-Making. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2010, 10(1): 10-13. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20100026 Copy
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