Authors
Annie LeBlanc, David A Kenny, Annette M O'Connor, France Légaré
Publication date
2009/1
Journal
Medical decision making
Volume
29
Issue
1
Pages
61-68
Publisher
Sage Publications
Description
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 …
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A LeBlanc, DA Kenny, AM O'Connor, F Légaré - Medical decision making, 2009