Preference-sensitive treatment decisions involve making value trade-offs between benefits
and harms that should depend on informed patient choice. There is strong evidence that …

Health decision aids are a potentially valuable adjunct to patient-physician communication
and decision making. Although the overarching goal of decision aids—to help patients make …

Objectives. Risk perceptions are central to good health decisions. People can judge valid
probabilities but use 50% disproportionately. The authors hypothesized that 50% is more …

We examined desires to be involved in decisions about one's own medical treatment in a
sample of 459 health maintenance organization members. Demographic variables (age, sex …

Background. We explored decisional conflict as measured with the 16-item Decisional
Conflict Scale (DCS) and how it varies across clinical situations, decision types, and …

Shared decision making is the process of interacting with patients in arriving at informed
values-based choices when options have features that patients value differently. Patient …

Background Qualitative methods tend to be used to incorporate patient preferences into
healthcare decision making. However, for patient preferences to be given adequate …

Background Prospective users of preventive therapies often must evaluate complex
information about therapeutic risks and benefits. The purpose of this study was to evaluate …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of informational brochures and video decision aids about
cancer screening on patient intention to engage in shared decision-making and its …

Abstract Background In several northwest European countries, a demand-driven healthcare
system has been implemented that stresses the importance of patient healthcare provider …