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Hotzy F, Spiess M, Ruflin R, Schneeberger A, Traber R, Morandi S, Jaeger M, Theodoridou A. Association between perceived coercion and perceived level of information in involuntarily admitted patients: Results from a multicenter observational study in Switzerland. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW AND PSYCHIATRY 2023; 91:101934. [PMID: 37738688 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 09/02/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Involuntary admissions (IA) to psychiatric hospitals are controversial because they interfere with people's autonomy. In some situations, however, they appear to be unavoidable. Interestingly, not all patients perceive the same degree of coercion during IA. The aim of this study was to assess whether the level of knowledge about one's own IA is associated with perceived coercion. METHODS This multicenter observational study was conducted on n = 224 involuntarily admitted patients. Interviews were conducted at five study centers from April 2021 to November 2021. The Macarthur Admission Experience Survey was administered to assess perceived coercion. Knowledge of involuntary admission, perceptions of information received, and attitudes towards legal aspects of involuntary admission were also assessed. RESULTS We found that higher levels of knowledge about IA were negatively associated with perceived coercion at admission. Perceived coercion did not differ between study sites. Only half of the patients felt well informed about their IA, and about a quarter found the information they received difficult to understand. DISCUSSION Legislation in Switzerland requires that patients with IA be informed about the procedure. Strategies to improve patients' understanding of the information given to them about IA might be helpful to reduce perceived coercion, which is known to be associated with negative attitudes towards psychiatry, a disturbed therapeutic relationship, avoidance of psychiatry, and the risk of further coercion.
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- Florian Hotzy
- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Community Psychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Cantonal Medical Office, General Directorate for Health of Canton of Vaud, Department of Health and Social Action (DSAS), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Psychiatrie Baselland, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Psychiatrie Baselland, Switzerland
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Haugom EW, Benth JŠ, Stensrud B, Ruud T, Clausen T, Landheim AS. Shared decision making and associated factors among patients with psychotic disorders: a cross-sectional study. BMC Psychiatry 2023; 23:747. [PMID: 37833737 PMCID: PMC10576360 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-05257-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Shared decision making is a process where patients and clinicians collaborate to make treatment choices based on the patients' preferences and best available evidence. The implementation of shared decision making remains limited for patients with psychotic disorders despite being recommended at policy level, being advocated as ethical right and wanted by the patient's. A barrier to implementation that is often mentioned is reduced decision-making capacity among patients. The challenges of implementing shared decision making highlights a need for more knowledge on shared decision making for these patients. Moreover, the association between patient-related characteristics and shared decision making is unclear, and further research have been suggested. More knowledge of factors associated with involvement in shared decision making can enhance understanding and help to empower patients in the decision-making process. The current study examined the extent of reported shared decision making among patients with a psychotic disorder in mental health care and factors associated with shared decision making. METHODS This study included 305 participants with a psychotic disorder from 39 clinical inpatient and outpatient sites across Norway. Shared decision making was assessed using the CollaboRATE survey. A linear mixed model was estimated to assess characteristics associated with shared decision making scores. RESULTS The CollaboRATE mean score was 6.3 (ranging from 0 to 9), the top score was 14.1% and increased global satisfaction with services was significantly associated with a higher level of shared decision making (regression coefficient 0.27, 95% confidence interval (0.23; 0.32), p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS The low top score shows that few patients felt that they received the highest possible quality of shared decision making, indicating that many patients found room for improvement. This suggests that services for patients with psychotic disorders should be designed to give them a greater role in decision making. Shared decision making might play a key role in mental health care, ensuring that patients with psychotic disorders are satisfied with the services provided. TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT03271242, date of registration: 5 Sept. 2017.
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- Espen W Haugom
- Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Concurrent Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders, Innlandet Hospital Trust, P.B 104, Brumunddal, 2381, Norway.
- Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research (SERAF), Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway.
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Health Services Research Unit, Akershus University Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, 1478 Lørenskog, Norway
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- Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Concurrent Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders, Innlandet Hospital Trust, P.B 104, Brumunddal, 2381, Norway
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- Division of Mental Health Services, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research (SERAF), Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Concurrent Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders, Innlandet Hospital Trust, P.B 104, Brumunddal, 2381, Norway
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Rake EA, Box ICH, Dreesens D, Meinders MJ, Kremer JAM, Aarts JWM, Elwyn G. Bringing personal perspective elicitation to the heart of shared decision-making: A scoping review. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2022; 105:2860-2870. [PMID: 35659466 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2022.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Proponents of shared decision-making (SDM) advocate the elicitation of the patient's perspective. This scoping review explores if, and to what extent, the personal perspectives of patients are elicited during a clinical encounter, as part of a SDM process. We define personal perspective elicitation (PPE) as: the disclosure (either elicited by the clinician or spontaneously expressed by the patient) of information related to the patient's personal preferences, values and/or context. METHODS A search was conducted in five literature databases from inception dates up to July 2020, to identify empirical studies about SDM (with/without SDM instrument). RESULTS The search identified 4562 abstracts; 263 articles were read in full text, resulting in 99 included studies. Studies reported low levels of PPE. Integration of personal perspectives into the conversation or a future care plan was largely absent. The majority of the discussed content related to physical health, while social and psychological topics were mostly unaddressed. CONCLUSIONS PPE occurs on a very low level in efforts to achieve SDM according to evaluation studies. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS PPE is advocated but rarely achieved in SDM evaluation studies. Causes should be identified, followed by designing interventions to improve this aspect of SDM.
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- Ester A Rake
- Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ healthcare, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Knowledge Institute of Medical Specialists, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ healthcare, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Knowledge Institute of Medical Specialists, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ healthcare, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ healthcare, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Gynaecological oncology, Amsterdam UMC University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ healthcare, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, USA.
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Repper J, Eve J. Embedding coproduction in organisational culture and practice: a case study. Leadersh Health Serv (Bradf Engl) 2022; ahead-of-print. [PMID: 35877449 DOI: 10.1108/lhs-04-2022-0039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PURPOSE This paper aims to explore the challenges of coproduction at individual, team, service, organisational and system level and critically describes the work of one organization to describe ways in which coproduction can be facilitated. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH This is a case study of the approaches developed (coproduced) within an independent not-for-profit mental health consultancy organization to facilitate coproduction at every level. FINDINGS Although much is published about coproduction in research, there is relatively little guidance relating to coproduction in practice. This paper describes the meaning, purpose and impact of coproduction at different levels and gives examples of how it can be achieved. The learning from his work is drawn together to present a series of findings with recommendations including: inclusion, managing power difference, accommodating difference, generating new ways forward rather than debating and selecting existing options. ORIGINALITY/VALUE The literature on coproduction in practice is replete with guidance rather than examples of good practice. It is also apparent that the ambition for coproduction has progressed rapidly from coproduction between service providers and people using services to coproduction with all relevant stakeholders. This paper provides contemporary examples of coproduction in different forms and at different levels with attention to ways of overcoming challenges.
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Keij SM, de Boer JE, Stiggelbout AM, Bruine de Bruin W, Peters E, Moaddine S, Kunneman M, Pieterse AH. How are patient-related characteristics associated with shared decision-making about treatment? A scoping review of quantitative studies. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e057293. [PMID: 35613791 PMCID: PMC9174801 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To identify what patient-related characteristics have been reported to be associated with the occurrence of shared decision-making (SDM) about treatment. DESIGN Scoping review. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Peer-reviewed articles in English or Dutch reporting on associations between patient-related characteristics and the occurrence of SDM for actual treatment decisions. INFORMATION SOURCES COCHRANE Library, Embase, MEDLINE, PsycInfo, PubMed and Web of Science were systematically searched for articles published until 25 March 2019. RESULTS The search yielded 5289 hits of which 53 were retained. Multiple categories of patient characteristics were identified: (1) sociodemographic characteristics (eg, gender), (2) general health and clinical characteristics (eg, symptom severity), (3) psychological characteristics and coping with illness (eg, self-efficacy) and (4) SDM style or preference. Many characteristics showed no association or unclear relationships with SDM occurrence. For example, for female gender positive, negative and, most frequently, non-significant associations were seen. CONCLUSIONS A large variety of patient-related characteristics have been studied, but for many the association with SDM occurrence remains unclear. The results will caution often-made assumptions about associations and provide an important step to target effective interventions to foster SDM with all patients.
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- Sascha M Keij
- Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, Dornsife Department of Psychology, and Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Center for Science Communication Research, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Moleman M, Regeer BJ, Schuitmaker-Warnaar TJ. Shared decision-making and the nuances of clinical work: Concepts, barriers and opportunities for a dynamic model. J Eval Clin Pract 2021; 27:926-934. [PMID: 33164316 PMCID: PMC8359199 DOI: 10.1111/jep.13507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Shared decision-making (SDM) is considered the "final stage" that completes the implementation of evidence-based medicine. Yet, it is also considered the most neglected stage. SDM shifts the epistemological authority of medical knowledge to one that deliberately includes patients' values and preferences. Although this redefines the work of the clinical encounter, it remains unclear what a shared decision is and how it is practiced. AIM The aim of this paper is to describe how healthcare professionals manoeuvre the nuances of decision-making that shape SDM. We identify barriers to SDM and collect strategies to help healthcare professionals think beyond existing solution pathways and overcome barriers to SDM. METHODS Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 68 healthcare professionals from psychiatry, internal medicine, intensive care medicine, obstetrics and orthopaedics and 15 patients. RESULTS This study found that healthcare professionals conceptualize SDM in different ways, which indicates a lack of consensus about its meaning. We identified five barriers that limit manoeuvring space for SDM and contest the feasibility of a uniform, normative SDM model. Three identified barriers: (a) "not all patients want new role," (b) "not all patients can adopt new role," and (c) "attitude," were linked to strategies focused on the knowledge, skills and attitudes of individual healthcare professionals. However, systemic barriers: (d) "prioritization of medical issues" and (e) "lack of time" render such individual-focused strategies insufficient. CONCLUSION There is a need for a more nuanced understanding of SDM as a "graded" framework that allows for flexibility in decision-making styles to accommodate patient's unique preferences and needs and to expand the manoeuvring space for decision-making. The strategies in this study show how our understanding of SDM as a process of multi-dyadic interactions that spatially exceed the consulting room offers new avenues to make SDM workable in contemporary medicine.
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- Marjolein Moleman
- Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Crawford J, Petrie K, Harvey SB. Shared decision-making and the implementation of treatment recommendations for depression. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2021; 104:2119-2121. [PMID: 33563500 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to examine the relationship between shared decision-making (SDM) and the implementation of treatment recommendations amongst outpatients at a specialist Depression Clinic. METHODS A total of 110 adult outpatients in a specialist Depression Clinic in Sydney, Australia, completed an online survey examining their experiences of shared decision-making (SDM) during their psychiatrist consultation and the extent to which they later implemented Depression Clinic treatment recommendations. RESULTS The odds of implementing treatment recommendations were over four times higher in patients who reported a high level of SDM in their consultation, compared to those who reported a low level of SDM. Further, three elements of patient-rated SDM were significantly associated with an increased likelihood of implementing depression treatment recommendations. These three elements were: i) being given the opportunity to ask questions or voice concerns; ii) being asked about any problems or side effects from previous treatments; and iii) being involved in deciding their treatment plan. CONCLUSIONS SDM was significantly associated with an increased likelihood of implementing psychiatrists' treatment recommendations at a specialist Depression Clinic. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS We recommend that clinicians be informed of the potential benefits of SDM and adopt SDM when developing treatment plans with patients living with depression.
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- Joanna Crawford
- Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Hospital Rd, Randwick, NSW, 2031, Australia.
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- Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Hospital Rd, Randwick, NSW, 2031, Australia; School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, High St, Kensington, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Hospital Rd, Randwick, NSW, 2031, Australia
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van Hoorn BT, van Rossenberg LX, Jacobs X, Sulkers GSI, van Heijl M, Ring D. Clinician Factors Rather Than Patient Factors Affect Discussion of Treatment Options. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2021; 479:1506-1516. [PMID: 33626027 PMCID: PMC8208442 DOI: 10.1097/corr.0000000000001664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Shared decision-making aims to combine what matters most to a patient with clinician expertise to develop a personalized health strategy. It is a dialogue between patient and clinician in which preferences are expressed, misconceptions reoriented, and available options are considered. To improve patient involvement, it would help to know more about specific barriers and facilitators of patient-clinician communication. Health literacy, the ability to obtain, process, and understand health information, may affect patient participation in decision-making. If the patient is quiet, deferential, and asks few questions, the clinician may assume a more paternalistic style. A patient with greater agency and engagement could be the catalyst for shared decisions. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES We assessed (1) whether effective clinician communication and effort is related to patient health literacy, and (2) if there are other factors associated with effective clinician communication and effort. METHODS We combined a prospective, cross-sectional cohort of 86 audio-recorded visits of adult patients seeking specialist hand care for a new problem at an urban community hospital in the Netherlands with a cohort of 72 audio-recorded hand surgery visits from a tertiary hospital in the United States collected for a prior study. The American cohort represents a secondary use of data from a set of patients from a separate study using audio-recorded visits and administering similar questionnaires that assessed different endpoints. In both cohorts, adult patients seeking specialist hand care for a new problem were screened. In total, 165 patients were initially screened, of which 96% (158) participated. Eight percent (13) of visits were excluded since the final diagnosis remained unclear, 8% (12) since it was not the first consultation for the current problem, 5% (8) in which only one treatment option was available, and < 1% (1) since there was a language barrier. A total of 123 patients were analyzed, 68 from the Netherlands and 55 from the United States. The Newest Vital Sign (NVS) health literacy test, validated in both English and Dutch, measures the ability to use health information and is based on a nutrition label from an ice cream container. It was used to assess patient health literacy on a scale ranging from 0 (low) to 6 (high). The 5-item Observing Patient Involvement (OPTION5) instrument is commonly used to assess the quality of patient-clinician discussion of options. Scores may be influenced by clinician effort to involve patients in decision-making as well as patient engagement and agency. Each item is scored from 0 (no effort) to 4 (maximum effort), with a total maximum score of 20. Two independent raters reached agreement (kappa value 0.8; strong agreement), after which all recordings were scored by one investigator. Visit duration and patient questions were assessed using the audio recordings. Patients had a median (interquartile range) age of 54 (38 to 66) years, 50% were men, 89% were white, 66% had a nontraumatic diagnosis, median (IRQ) years of education was 16 (12 to 18) years, and median (IQR) health literacy score was 5 (2 to 6). Median (IQR) visit duration was 9 (7 to 12) minutes. Cohorts did not differ in important ways. The number of visits per clinician ranged from 14 to 29, and the mean overall communication effectiveness and effort score for the visits was low (8.5 ± 4.2 points of 20 points). A multivariate linear regression model was used to assess factors associated with communication effectiveness and effort. RESULTS There was no correlation between health literacy and clinician communication effectiveness and effort (r = 0.087 [95% CI -0.09 to 0.26]; p = 0.34), nor was there a difference in means (SD) when categorizing health literacy as inadequate (7.8 ± 3.8 points) and adequate (8.9 ± 4.5 points; mean difference 1.0 [95% CI -2.6 to 0.54]; p = 0.20). After controlling for potential confounding variables such as gender, patient questions, and health literacy, we found that longer visit duration (per 1 minute increase: r2 = 0.31 [95% CI -0.14 to 0.48]; p < 0.001), clinician 3 (compared with clinician 1: OR 33 [95% CI 4.8 to 229]; p < 0.001) and clinician 5 (compared with clinician 1: OR 11 [95% CI 1.5 to 80]; p = < 0.02) were independently associated with more effective communication and effort, whereas clinician 6 was associated with less effective communication and effort (compared with clinician 1: OR 0.08 [95% CI 0.01 to 0.75]; p = 0.03). Clinicians' communication strategies (the clinician variable on its own) accounted for 29% of the variation in communication effectiveness and effort, longer visit duration accounted for 11%, and the full model accounted for 47% of the variation (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION The finding that the overall low mean communication effectiveness and effort differed between clinicians and was not influenced by patient factors including health literacy suggests clinicians may benefit from training that moves them away from a teaching or lecturing style where patients receive rote directives regarding their health. Clinicians can learn to adapt their communication to specific patient values and needs using a guiding rather than directing communication style (motivational interviewing).Level of Evidence Level II, prognostic study.
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- Bastiaan T. van Hoorn
- Department of Surgery, Hand Service, Diakonessenhuis, Medical University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Hand Service, Diakonessenhuis, Medical University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Service, Diakonessenhuis, Medical University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Service, Diakonessenhuis, Medical University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Hand Service, Diakonessenhuis, Medical University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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Keshtgar A, Cunningham SJ, Jones E, Ryan FS. Patient, clinician and independent observer perspectives of shared decision making in adult orthodontics. J Orthod 2021; 48:417-425. [PMID: 33888000 DOI: 10.1177/14653125211007504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate and compare the extent of shared decision making (SDM) in orthodontics from the perspective of patients, clinicians and independent observers. DESIGN A cross-sectional, observational study. SETTING NHS teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS A total of 31 adult patients and their treating clinicians were included in the study. METHODS The extent of SDM in new patient orthodontic consultations was measured using three versions of a validated instrument: the self-administered patient dyadic-OPTION scale; the self-administered clinician dyadic-OPTION scale; and an independent observer-rated OPTION12 scale. Patients and clinicians completed the 12-item dyadic-OPTION questionnaire independently at the end of the consultation to rate their perceived levels of SDM. The consultations were also audio-recorded and two calibrated raters independently rated the extent of SDM in these consultations using the OPTION12 scale. RESULTS There was excellent inter-rater reliability between the two independent raters using the OPTION12 scale (intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) = 0.909). The mean patient, clinician and independent observer OPTION scores for SDM were 90.4% (SD 9.1%, range 70.8% to 100%), 76.2% (SD 8.95%, range 62.5% to 95.8%) and 42.6% (SD 17.4%, range 13.5% to 68.8%), respectively. There was no significant correlation between the OPTION scores for the three groups (ICC = -0.323). CONCLUSIONS The results showed that generally high levels of SDM were perceived by patients and clinicians but lower levels of SDM were scored by the independent observers. However, it could be argued that the patient's perception of SDM is the most important measure as it is their care that is affected by their involvement.
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- Asma Keshtgar
- Orthodontics, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK.,Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals, University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Orthodontics, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK.,Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals, University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Statistical Science, University College London, London, UK
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- Orthodontics, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK.,Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals, University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Savander EÈ, Hintikka J, Wuolio M, Peräkylä A. The Patients' Practises Disclosing Subjective Experiences in the Psychiatric Intake Interview. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:605760. [PMID: 34040547 PMCID: PMC8141629 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.605760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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In psychiatric diagnostic interviews, a clinician's question designed to elicit a specific symptom description is sometimes met with the patient's self-disclosure of their subjective experience. In shifting the topical focus to their subjective experiences, the patients do something more or something other than just answering the question. Using conversation analysis, we examined such sequences in diagnostic interviews in an outpatient clinic in Finland. From 10 audio-recorded diagnostic interviews, we found 45 segments where medical questions were met with patients' self-disclosures. We show four sequential trajectories that enable this shift of topic and action. There are four possible trajectories: (1) the patient first answers the medical question and the clinician acknowledges this answer, whereupon the patient shifts to a self-disclosure of their subjective experience; (2) the patient first gives the medical answer but shifts to self-disclosure without the clinician's acknowledgement of that answer; (3) the patient produces an extensive answer to the medical question and, in the course of producing this, shifts into the self-disclosure; (4) the patient does not offer a medical answer but designs the self-disclosure as if it were the answer to the medical question. We argue that in the shifts to the self-disclosure of their subjective negative experience, the patients take local control of the interaction. These shifts also embody a clash between the interactional projects of the participants. At the end of the paper, we discuss the clinical relevance of our results regarding the patient's agency and the goals of the psychiatric assessment.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland.,Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Matthews EB, Savoy M, Paranjape A, Washington D, Hackney T, Galis D, Zisman-Ilani Y. Shared Decision Making in Primary Care Based Depression Treatment: Communication and Decision-Making Preferences Among an Underserved Patient Population. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:681165. [PMID: 34322040 PMCID: PMC8310927 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.681165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Objectives: Although depression is a significant public health issue, many individuals experiencing depressive symptoms are not effectively linked to treatment by their primary care provider, with underserved populations have disproportionately lower rates of engagement in depression care. Shared decision making (SDM) is an evidence-based health communication framework that can improve collaboration and optimize treatment for patients, but there is much unknown about how to translate SDM into primary care depression treatment among underserved communities. This study seeks to explore patients' experiences of SDM, and articulate communication and decision-making preferences among an underserved patient population receiving depression treatment in an urban, safety net primary care clinic. Methods: Twenty-seven patients with a depressive disorder completed a brief, quantitative survey and an in-depth semi-structured interview. Surveys measured patient demographics and their subjective experience of SDM. Qualitative interview probed for patients' communication preferences, including ideal decision-making processes around depression care. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using thematic analysis. Univariate statistics report quantitative findings. Results: Overall qualitative and quantitative findings indicate high levels of SDM. Stigma related to depression negatively affected patients' initial attitude toward seeking treatment, and underscored the importance of patient-provider rapport. In terms of communication and decision-making preferences, patients preferred collaboration with doctors during the information sharing process, but desired control over the final, decisional outcome. Trust between patients and providers emerged as a critical precondition to effective SDM. Respondents highlighted several provider behaviors that helped facilitated such an optimal environment for SDM to occur. Conclusion: Underserved patients with depression preferred taking an active role in their depression care, but looked for providers as partner in this process. Due to the stigma of depression, effective SDM first requires primary care providers to ensure that they have created a safe and trusting environment where patients are able to discuss their depression openly.
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- Elizabeth B Matthews
- Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University, New York, NY, United States
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- Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University, New York, NY, United States
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- College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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de la Espriella R. Decision Making in Psychiatric Patients: A Qualitative Study with Focus Groups. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 49:231-238. [PMID: 33328015 DOI: 10.1016/j.rcp.2019.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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INTRODUCTION It has been said that mental illnesses are characterised by poor decision making; there is some neuroscientific evidence of specific alterations in performance in decision making tests, but little is known about how patients make choices about their own treatments. METHODS Focus groups with patients from two psychiatric clinics, with discourse analysis. RESULTS Five deductive categories (tools, capacity, therapeutic relationship, method and family and network), plus one additional category from the analysis (stigma), and 35 inductive (posterior) categories were considered. The categories are analysed and the findings presented. CONCLUSIONS Patients express a need for greater participation in decisions about their treatment, and a more symmetrical psychiatrist-patient relationship, involving families. Decisions may be changed due to stigma, barriers to treatment access, and previous experiences.
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- Ricardo de la Espriella
- Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
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Lazcano-Ponce E, Angeles-Llerenas A, Rodríguez-Valentín R, Salvador-Carulla L, Domínguez-Esponda R, Astudillo-García CI, Madrigal-de León E, Katz G. Communication patterns in the doctor-patient relationship: evaluating determinants associated with low paternalism in Mexico. BMC Med Ethics 2020; 21:125. [PMID: 33302932 PMCID: PMC7731770 DOI: 10.1186/s12910-020-00566-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Paternalism/overprotection limits communication between healthcare professionals and patients and does not promote shared therapeutic decision-making. In the global north, communication patterns have been regulated to promote autonomy, whereas in the global south, they reflect the physician's personal choices. The goal of this study was to contribute to knowledge on the communication patterns used in clinical practice in Mexico and to identify the determinants that favour a doctor-patient relationship characterized by low paternalism/autonomy. METHODS A self-report study on communication patterns in a sample of 761 mental healthcare professionals in Central and Western Mexico was conducted. Multiple ordinal logistic regression models were used to analyse paternalism and associated factors. RESULTS A high prevalence (68.7% [95% CI 60.0-70.5]) of paternalism was observed among mental health professionals in Mexico. The main determinants of low paternalism/autonomy were medical specialty (OR 1.67 [95% CI 1.16-2.40]) and gender, with female physicians being more likely to explicitly share diagnoses and therapeutic strategies with patients and their families (OR 1.57 [95% CI 1.11-2.22]). A pattern of highly explicit communication was strongly associated with low paternalism/autonomy (OR 12.13 [95% CI 7.71-19.05]). Finally, a modifying effect of age strata on the association between communication pattern or specialty and low paternalism/autonomy was observed. CONCLUSIONS Among mental health professionals in Mexico, high paternalism prevailed. Gender, specialty, and a pattern of open communication were closely associated with low paternalism/autonomy. Strengthening health professionals' competencies and promoting explicit communication could contribute to the transition towards more autonomist communication in clinical practice in Mexico. The ethical implications will need to be resolved in the near future.
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- Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce
- Population Health Research Centre, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.,Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Population Health Research Centre, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. .,Research Ethics Committee, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
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- Population Health Research Centre, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Hospital Director at the National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de La Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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Webb P, Davidson G, Edge R, Falls D, Keenan F, Kelly B, McLaughlin A, Montgomery L, Mulvenna C, Norris B, Owens A, Shea Irvine R. Key components of supporting and assessing decision making ability. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW AND PSYCHIATRY 2020; 72:101613. [PMID: 32889426 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2020.101613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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People's ability to make decisions may be impaired for a wide range of reasons, including by mental health problems and learning disabilities. Individual autonomy, the ability to make decisions about our own lives, is a fundamental tenet of democratic societies. This has been reinforced by laws governing substitute and supported decision making and most significantly by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). Article 12 of the UNCRPD requires everyone to have equal recognition before the law and, to achieve this, the necessary support and safeguards must be available. There has been considerable debate about the important theoretical and philosophical issues involved and growing research about the practice complexities of supporting and assessing decision making ability or mental capacity. This article aims to present some of the key components of the support and assessment process to inform further service development and training in this area. The key components were identified as part of a qualitative, participatory research project which explored the decision making experiences of people with mental health problems and/or learning disabilities. The conventional approach to the assessment of capacity is to consider four main components, whether the person is able to: understand, retain, use and weigh, and communicate the information needed to make the decision at that time. The findings from this research study suggest that people generally don't usually talk about their experiences of decision making in terms of these four components and approaches to supporting people to make decisions don't necessarily break the support down to explicitly address the assessment process. However, considering support for all aspects of the functional test may be helpful to ensure it is as comprehensive as possible. The challenges involved in providing effective support and assessing decision making ability are discussed and the article concludes with some of the implications for training, service development and practice.
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- Paul Webb
- Praxis Care, 25-31 Lisburn Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT9 7AA, UK.
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- Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland BT7 1NN, UK.
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- Mencap NI, 5 School Road, Newtownbreda, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT8 6BT, UK.
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- Praxis Care, 25-31 Lisburn Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT9 7AA, UK.
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- Praxis Care, 25-31 Lisburn Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT9 7AA, UK.
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- Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland BT7 1NN, UK.
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- Mencap NI, 5 School Road, Newtownbreda, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT8 6BT, UK.
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- Mencap NI, 5 School Road, Newtownbreda, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT8 6BT, UK.
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- Mencap NI, 5 School Road, Newtownbreda, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT8 6BT, UK.
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Oedegaard CH, Davidson L, Stige B, Veseth M, Blindheim A, Garvik L, Sørensen JM, Søraa Ø, Engebretsen IMS. "It means so much for me to have a choice": a qualitative study providing first-person perspectives on medication-free treatment in mental health care. BMC Psychiatry 2020; 20:399. [PMID: 32770965 PMCID: PMC7414551 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-020-02770-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In 2016, the Western Norway Regional Health Authority started to integrate more evidence-based psychosocial interventions into the existing mental health care, emphasizing the right for persons with psychosis to choose medication-free treatment. This change emerged from the debate on the effectiveness and adverse effects of the use of antipsychotic medication. Aspects beyond symptom reduction, such as interpersonal relationships, increased understanding of one's own pattern of suffering, hope and motivation, are all considered important for the personal recovery process. METHODS This study explores whether these aspects were present in users' descriptions of their recovery processes within the medication-free treatment programme in Bergen, Western Norway. We interviewed ten patients diagnosed with psychosis who were eligible for medication-free services about their treatment experiences. Data were analysed using Attride-Stirling's thematic network approach. RESULTS The findings show a global theme relating to personal recovery processes facilitated by the provision of more psychosocial treatment options, with three organizing subthemes: interpersonal relationships between patients and therapists, the patient's understanding of personal patterns of suffering, and personal motivation for self-agency in the recovery process. Participants described an improved relationship with therapists compared to previous experiences. Integrating more evidence-based psychosocial interventions into existing mental health services facilitated learning experiences regarding the choice of treatment, particularly the discontinuation of medication, and appeared to support participants' increased self-agency and motivation in their personal recovery processes. CONCLUSION Health care in Norway is perhaps one step closer to optimizing care for people with psychosis, allowing for more patient choice and improving the dialogue and hence the interpersonal relationship between the patient and the therapist. Personal patterns of suffering can be explored within a system aiming to support and have a higher level of acceptance for the discontinuation of medication. Such a system requires personal agency in the treatment regimen, with more focus on personal coping strategies and more personal responsibility for the recovery process.
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- Christine H. Oedegaard
- grid.412008.f0000 0000 9753 1393Haukeland University Hospital, Kronstad DPS, Pb 1400, 5021 Bergen, Norway ,grid.7914.b0000 0004 1936 7443Centre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Pb. 7804, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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- grid.47100.320000000419368710Department of Psychiatry, Yale Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut USA
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- grid.7914.b0000 0004 1936 7443The Grieg Academy, University of Bergen, Pb. 7800, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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- grid.7914.b0000 0004 1936 7443Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Bergen, Pb. 7807, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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- grid.412008.f0000 0000 9753 1393Haukeland University Hospital, Kronstad DPS, Pb 1400, 5021 Bergen, Norway
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- Hvite Ørn User Organisation, Thomles gt. 4, 0270 Oslo, Norway
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- Hvite Ørn User Organisation, Thomles gt. 4, 0270 Oslo, Norway
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- grid.7914.b0000 0004 1936 7443Centre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Pb. 7804, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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James R, Maude P, McGrath I. Advance Statements within the Victorian Mental Health Setting: A Contextual and Legislative Global Comparison. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2020; 41:355-365. [PMID: 31714802 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2019.1652871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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This article provides context to the establishment of advance statements within the Australian mental health setting, in the state of Victoria. A movement to legislate for a more humane and liberal approach to mental health consumer care resulted in changes to the Victorian Mental Health Act (2014a). This Act mirrored legislative changes across the western world and resulted in a socially progressive movement embracing recovery focussed care and consumer clinician partnerships. Thus, we purport that an identified need for a more liberal way to work with individuals who have a diagnosis of mental ill health was a major aim of this law reform. The advance statement model is seen as a tool in addressing a growing recognition of how mental health providers engage consumers of mental health services, and value their preferences to care received. This article arises from a larger study which has aimed to explore the role and scope of advance statements. This research has sought to demonstrate how advanced statements can be used within mental health services by providing recommendations for the mental health nursing workforce in relation to the implementation and deliverables for training.
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- Russell James
- Department of Nursing, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.,School of Health Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Nursing, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.,School of Health Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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Hale KL, Wallace DD, Blanco-Durán D, Annis IE, Guzman LE, García SJ, Pérez Jolles M, Sleath BL, Elwyn G, Stein GL, Thomas KC. Conversations between Latina mothers and their child's mental health provider: An observational study of shared decision-making regarding pediatric patient mental health needs. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2020; 103:96-102. [PMID: 31447200 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2019.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate shared decision-making (SDM) and delineate SDM processes in audio-recorded conversations between language congruent Spanish-/English-speaking clinicians and parents of pediatric mental health patients. METHODS Transcripts from audio-recorded consultations were rated using the 5-Item Observing Patient Involvement in Decision Making (Observer OPTION5) instrument. One hundred encounters between seventeen clinicians and 100 parents were rated. Interrater reliability for total score was 0.98 between two trained coders (ICC range: 0.799-0.879). RESULTS Scores ranged between 0 and 70 on a 100-point scale, with an average total Observer OPTION5 score of 33.2 (SD = 17.36). This corresponded to modest success at mutual shared decision-making. Clinicians and parents both showed effort at identifying a problem with treatment options and engaging in team talk. However, preference elicitation and integration were largely lacking. CONCLUSION The present sample performed on par with other populations studied to date. It expands the evaluation of observed SDM to include Latino patients and new clinician populations. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Use of the Observer OPTION5 Item instrument highlights that eliciting and integrating parent/patient preferences is a skill that requires attention when delivering culturally competent interventions.
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- Kathryn L Hale
- Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
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- Department of Health Behavior, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
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- Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA
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- Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Dartmouth College, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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- Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Fersini F, Govi A, Rizzo ML, De Nooijer K, Ingravallo F, Fais P, Rizzo N, Pelotti S. Shared decision-making for delivery mode: An OPTION scale observer-based evaluation. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2019; 102:1833-1839. [PMID: 31079955 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2019.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Revised: 04/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Shared decision-making (SDM) may help to reduce the rate of Cesarean Delivery (CD). The aim of the study was to evaluate the extent to which pregnant women are involved in SDM about the mode of delivery, applying the Italian version of the OPTION12 scale to obstetric consultations. METHODS Fifty-eight outpatient consultations were rated; statistical associations between OPTION12 scores and sociodemographic data of both patient and physicians were determined. RESULTS The OPTION12 total scores showed a skewed distribution in the lower range of total scores. Total scores in a percentage basis ranged from 0 to 69, with a mean of 21.2 (±19.84) and a median of 13.5. Mean and median scores for all the 12 OPTION12 items never reached the minimum skill level. CONCLUSION A low level of patient involvement in deciding between a CD and a Vaginal Delivery (VD) was demonstrated. Interventions aiming at educating obstetricians as well as the adoption of decision aids are requested. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS The OPTION12 scale may prove useful for testing the extent of pregnant women's involvement in deciding between CD and VD. The awareness of a low patient involvement seems mandatory to improve SDM and may lead to medico-legal protection.
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- Federica Fersini
- DIMEC, University of Bologna, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Section of Legal Medicine, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- DIMEC, University of Bologna, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Section of Legal Medicine, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Interdepartmental Centre for Research in the History of law and in Computer Science and Law, (CIRSFID), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- DIMEC, University of Bologna, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Section of Legal Medicine, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- DIMEC, University of Bologna, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Section of Legal Medicine, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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- Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- DIMEC, University of Bologna, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Section of Legal Medicine, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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What can clinicians do to improve outcomes across psychiatric treatments: a conceptual review of non-specific components. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci 2019; 29:e48. [PMID: 31412975 PMCID: PMC8061300 DOI: 10.1017/s2045796019000428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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AIMS Psychiatric treatments have specific and non-specific components. The latter has been addressed in an extensive literature on the placebo-effect in pharmacology and on common factors in psychotherapy. In the practice of mental health care, pharmacological, psychotherapeutic and social treatments are combined in complex interventions. This paper aims to review non-specific components across diverse psychiatric treatments and consider implications for practice and research. METHODS We conducted a non-systematic review of non-specific components across psychiatric treatments, their impact on treatment processes and outcomes, and interventions to improve them. RESULTS The identified research is heterogeneous, both in design and quality. All non-specific components capture aspects of how clinicians communicate with patients. They are grouped into general verbal communication - focusing on initial contacts, empathy, clarity of communication, and detecting cues about unspoken concerns - non-verbal communication, the framing of treatments and decision-making. The evidence is stronger for the impact of these components on process measures - i.e. therapeutic relationship, treatment satisfaction and adherence than on clinical outcomes - i.e. symptoms and relapse. A small number of trials suggest that brief training courses and simple methods for structuring parts of clinical consultations can improve communication and subsequently clinical outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Methodologically, rigorous research advancing current understandings of non-specific components may increase effectiveness across different treatments, potentially benefitting large numbers of patients. Brief training for clinicians and structuring clinical communication should be used more widely in practice.
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Cooper RE, Hanratty É, Morant N, Moncrieff J. Mental health professionals' views and experiences of antipsychotic reduction and discontinuation. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0218711. [PMID: 31220160 PMCID: PMC6586401 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The widely established treatment for psychosis is long-term antipsychotic medication. However, many people stop taking this treatment, and request other options. There are also growing concerns about adverse effects, but currently no professional guidelines to support reducing or stopping these drugs. The views and experiences of individual mental health professionals around reducing and stopping antipsychotics are therefore crucial in treatment decisions. METHODS We conducted 7 focus groups with prescribing psychiatrists and other members of community-based statutory mental health services in London. Participants discussed their views about, experiences, and processes of antipsychotic reduction and discontinuation. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. RESULTS Participants acknowledged that antipsychotics can have severe adverse effects. They were generally supportive of trying to reduce these drugs to the lowest effective dose, although stopping antipsychotics was less acceptable. Prior experiences of adverse events after reduction or discontinuation meant that both were approached with caution. Reduction was also reported to be hampered by organisational and knowledge barriers. Lack of resources, pressure to discharge, and poor continuity of care were seen as organisational barriers. Knowledge barriers included inadequate evidence about who might be best suited to reduction, and lack of guidance about how this could be done safely. This meant that reduction was often prompted by patients, and sometimes actively discouraged, and stability with maintenance treatment was often favoured. CONCLUSIONS Concerns about risk and other barriers means that clinicians are often reluctant to implement reduction or discontinuation of antipsychotic medication. In order to increase the treatment options available to service users, more research and guidance on how to minimise the risks of antipsychotic reduction and discontinuation is required to enable clinicians to engage more constructively with service users requests, offering people more choice and control in managing their mental health condition.
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- Ruth E. Cooper
- Newham Centre for Mental Health, Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Research & Development Department, Goodmayes Hospital, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Essex, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Research & Development Department, Goodmayes Hospital, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Essex, United Kingdom
- Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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[Shared decision-making in acute psychiatric medicine : Contraindication or a challenge?]. DER NERVENARZT 2019; 88:995-1002. [PMID: 28597029 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-017-0359-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND The concept of shared decision-making (SDM) has existed since the 1990s in multiple fields of somatic medicine but has only been poorly applied in psychiatric clinical routine despite broad acceptance and promising outcomes in clinical studies on its positive effects. MATERIALS AND METHODS The concept itself and its practicability in mental health are carefully assessed and strategies for its future implementation in psychiatric medicine are presented in this article. Ongoing clinical studies probing some of those strategies are further outlined. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION On top of the ubiquitous shortage of time in clinical routine, psychiatrists report their concern about patients' limited abilities in sharing decisions and their own fear of potentially harmful decisions resulting from a shared process. Misinterpretation of shared decision-making restricting the health care professional to rather an informed choice scenario and their own adhesion to the traditional paternalistic decision-making approach further add to SDM's underutilization. Those hurdles could be overcome by communication skill workshops for all mental health care professionals, including nursing personnels, psychologists, social workers and physicians, as well as the use of decision aids and training courses for patients to motivate and empower them in sharing decisions with the medical staff. By this, the patient-centered treatment approach demanded by guidelines, carers and users could be further facilitated in psychiatric clinical routine.
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Sheehan R, Strydom A, Brown E, Marston L, Hassiotis A. Association of Focused Medication Review With Optimization of Psychotropic Drug Prescribing: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Netw Open 2018; 1:e183750. [PMID: 30646263 PMCID: PMC6324597 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.3750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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IMPORTANCE Medication review has been proposed to achieve improved use of psychotropic drugs, but benefits have not been confirmed. OBJECTIVE To synthesize evidence for focused psychotropic medication review in medication optimization. DATA SOURCES Medline, PsycINFO, EMBASE, and CINAHL Plus were searched from inception to February 2018 using the index terms "drug utilization review" and "psychotropic drugs" and synonyms. Additional articles were retrieved using citation tracking and reference checking. STUDY SELECTION Full-length, peer-reviewed articles that reported focused psychotropic medication review were included. Inclusion was determined against prespecified criteria and assessed independently. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS Study quality was assessed using National Institutes for Health appraisal tools and informed a structured synthesis of results. Meta-analysis using a random effects model was conducted. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Change in the number or dosage of psychotropic medications, change in clinical parameters, change in patient-reported outcomes, and economic data were collected. RESULTS A total of 26 studies met the inclusion criteria. Four studies were randomized clinical trials (n = 712 participants), while the remainder were before-after studies (n = 7844 participants). Most studies were conducted in elderly individuals, people with dementia, and adults with intellectual disability. Focused psychotropic medication review is a complex intervention; the professional(s) involved, target drug, degree of integration with usual care, and participant involvement varied greatly among the studies. Meta-analysis included 3 studies (n = 652 participants). Psychotropic medication review was associated with a reduction in prescribing of psychotropic drugs compared with control (pooled odds ratio, 0.24; 95% CI, 0.14-0.39) in elderly participants with cognitive impairment living in nursing homes. Before-after studies consistently reported a change in psychotropic drug prescribing after medication review, regardless of the population. Studies that reported the effects of psychotropic medication review on clinical outcomes failed to demonstrate benefit. Economic implications of focused psychotropic medication review were not adequately assessed. The quality of evidence is poor and studies are at risk of bias. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Focused psychotropic medication review was associated with a reduction in prescribing of psychotropic drugs, but has not been shown to improve clinical outcomes or to provide economic benefit. More robust evidence is needed before programs of focused psychotropic medication review can be recommended as part of routine care for any patient group.
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- Rory Sheehan
- Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Nott J, Mcintosh A, Taube C, Taylor M. Shared decision-making in psychiatry: a study of patient attitudes. Australas Psychiatry 2018; 26:478-481. [PMID: 29457470 DOI: 10.1177/1039856218758562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Shared decision-making (SDM) is promoted as beneficial in mental healthcare, despite a dearth of supportive evidence. We aimed to obtain patients' perspective on SDM in a 'real world' hospital sample. METHODS Structured validated questionnaires were used to examine SDM with regard to treatment choices, and whether SDM influences attitudes towards treatment. The Mini-Mental State Examination was used to assess decision-making capacity. RESULTS A total of 109 individuals participated, with 60% reporting experiencing SDM. SDM positively correlated with positive attitudes to medication. Those detained under the Mental Health Act had lower levels of SDM. CONCLUSIONS SDM leads to more positive attitudes towards medication and may improve adherence with treatment. SDM may particularly benefit those subject to involuntary treatment and is not onerous to practice.
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- Josie Nott
- Division of Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Division of Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Division of Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Division of Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, and; Metro South Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Bonfils KA, Dreison KC, Luther L, Fukui S, Dempsey AE, Rapp CA, Salyers MP. Implementing CommonGround in a community mental health center: Lessons in a computerized decision support system. Psychiatr Rehabil J 2018; 41:216-223. [PMID: 27732033 PMCID: PMC5386823 DOI: 10.1037/prj0000225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Although shared decision making (SDM) is a key element of client-centered care, it has not been widely adopted. Accordingly, interventions have been developed to promote SDM. The aim of this study was to explore the implementation process of one SDM intervention, CommonGround, which utilizes peer specialists and a computerized decision support center to promote SDM. METHOD As part of a larger study, CommonGround was implemented in 4 treatment teams in a community mental health center. The implementation process was examined by conducting semistructured interviews with 12 staff members that were integral to the CommonGround implementation. Responses were analyzed using content analysis. Program fidelity and client program use were also examined. RESULTS Although key informants identified several client and staff benefits to using CommonGround, including improved treatment engagement and availability of peer specialists, most clients did not use CommonGround consistently throughout the implementation. Key informants and fidelity reports indicated a number of program (e.g., technological difficulties, increased staff burden) and contextual barriers (e.g., poor fit with service structure, decision support center location, low staff investment and high turnover) to the successful implementation of CommonGround. Strategies to maximize the implementation by increasing awareness, buy-in, and utilization are also reported. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE This implementation of CommonGround was limited in its success partly as a result of program and contextual barriers. Future implementations may benefit from incorporating the strategies identified to maximize implementation in order to obtain the full program benefits. (PsycINFO Database Record
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- Kelsey A Bonfils
- Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
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- Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
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- Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
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- School of Social Welfare Center for Mental Health Research and Innovation, University of Kansas
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- Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
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- School of Social Welfare Center for Mental Health Research and Innovation, University of Kansas
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- Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
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Matthias MS, Fukui S, Salyers MP. What Factors are Associated with Consumer Initiation of Shared Decision Making in Mental Health Visits? ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY IN MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 2018; 44:133-140. [PMID: 26427999 DOI: 10.1007/s10488-015-0688-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Understanding consumer initiation of shared decision making (SDM) is critical to improving SDM in mental health consultations, particularly because providers do not always invite consumer participation in treatment decisions. This study examined the association between consumer initiation of nine elements of SDM as measured by the SDM scale, and measures of consumer illness self-management and the consumer-provider relationship. In 63 mental health visits, three SDM elements were associated with self-management or relationship factors: discussion of consumer goals, treatment alternatives, and pros and cons of a decision. Limitations, implications, and future directions are discussed.
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- Marianne S Matthias
- Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service, Center for Health Information and Communication, 1481 W 10th St (11H), Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA. .,Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN, USA. .,Department of Communication Studies, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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- Center for Mental Health Research and Innovation, University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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SummaryThis editorial addresses the question of whether some of the basic tenets of the recovery model – optimism about outcome, the value of work, the importance of empowerment of patients and the utility of user-run programmes – are supported by the scientific research.
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Brooks HL, Lovell K, Bee P, Sanders C, Rogers A. Is it time to abandon care planning in mental health services? A qualitative study exploring the views of professionals, service users and carers. Health Expect 2017; 21:597-605. [PMID: 29144591 PMCID: PMC5980609 DOI: 10.1111/hex.12650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND It has been established that mental health-care planning does not adequately respond to the needs of those accessing services. Understanding the reasons for this and identifying whose needs care plans serve requires an exploration of the perspectives of service users, carers and professionals within the wider organizational context. OBJECTIVE To explore the current operationalization of care planning and perceptions of its function within mental health services from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders. SETTINGS AND PARTICIPANTS Participants included 21 mental health professionals, 29 service users and 4 carers from seven Mental Health Trusts in England. All participants had experience of care planning processes within secondary mental health-care services. METHODS Fifty-four semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants and analysed utilizing a qualitative framework approach. FINDINGS Care plans and care planning were characterized by a failure to meet the complexity of mental health needs, and care planning processes were seen to prioritize organizational agendas and risk prevention which distanced care planning from the everyday lives of service users. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS Care planning is recognized, embedded and well established in the practices of mental health professionals and service users. However, it is considered too superficial and mainly irrelevant to users for managing mental health in their everyday lives. Those responsible for the planning and delivery of mental health services should consider ways to increase the relevance of care planning to the everyday lives of service users including separating risk from holistic needs assessment, using support aids and utilizing a peer workforce in this regard.
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- Helen L Brooks
- Department of Psychological Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Mental Health Research Group, Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Mental Health Research Group, Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- NIHR School for Primary Care Research, Division of Population Health, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Bonfils KA, Luther L, Fukui S, Adams EL, Dreison KC, Firmin RL, Salyers MP. Correlates of observer-rated active involvement in psychiatric treatment visits. Psychiatry Res 2017; 256:384-390. [PMID: 28688351 PMCID: PMC5603392 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.06.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2016] [Revised: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Among people with serious mental illness, increased patient activation has been linked to a range of key recovery outcomes. To date, patient activation has been measured largely through self-report. The present study investigated correlates of a new tool that assesses active involvement through rating audio-recordings of treatment visits. The key domains of patient activation assessed in visits included: patients asking questions, discussing with providers instances of being active in managing illness outside the session, talking about goals, bringing up concerns, making evaluative statements about treatment, setting the agenda for the visit, and making requests about the course of treatment. The new coding scheme proved to be a feasible and reliable method for identifying multi-faceted behavioral indicators of patient activation. Contrary to our hypotheses, in a sample of 166 people diagnosed with severe mental illnesses, self-reported activation and observer-rated indices of activation were often not correlated or correlated in unexpected directions with the new behavioral measure of patient activation. This suggests the nature of patient activation may be complex and work is needed to understand how observer-rated and self-rated activation may predict differential recovery outcomes.
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- Kelsey A. Bonfils
- Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 402 N. Blackford Street, Indianapolis, IN, United States,phone: 317-274-6767; fax: 317-274-6756;
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- Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 402 N. Blackford Street, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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- The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Center for Mental Health Research and Innovation, Lawrence, KS, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 402 N. Blackford Street, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 402 N. Blackford Street, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 402 N. Blackford Street, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 402 N. Blackford Street, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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Morant N, Azam K, Johnson S, Moncrieff J. The least worst option: user experiences of antipsychotic medication and lack of involvement in medication decisions in a UK community sample. J Ment Health 2017; 27:322-328. [PMID: 28857636 DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2017.1370637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Treatment decision-making that fully involves service users is an aim across medicine, including mental health. AIM To explore service users experiences of taking antipsychotic medication for psychotic disorders and their perceptions of decision-making about this. METHOD Semi-structured interviews with 20 users of community mental health services, conducted by service user researchers and analysed using thematic analysis. RESULTS Antipsychotic medication was perceived to have beneficial effects on symptoms and relapse risk, but adverse effects were prominent, including a global state of lethargy and demotivation. Weighing these up, the majority viewed antipsychotics as the least worst option. Participants were split between positions of "willing acceptance", "resigned acceptance" and "non-acceptance" of taking antipsychotics. Many felt their choices about medication were limited, due to the nature of their illness or pressure from other people. They commonly experienced their prescribing psychiatrist as not sufficiently acknowledging the negative impacts of medication on life quality and physical health concerns and described feeling powerless to influence decisions about their medication. CONCLUSION The study highlights the complexity of agendas surrounding antipsychotic medication, including the pervasive influence of coercive processes and the challenges of implementing collaborative decision-making for people with serious mental health problems.
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- Nicola Morant
- a Division of Psychiatry , University College London , London , UK and
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- b North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Research & Development department, Goodmayes Hospital , Essex , UK
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- a Division of Psychiatry , University College London , London , UK and
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- a Division of Psychiatry , University College London , London , UK and.,b North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Research & Development department, Goodmayes Hospital , Essex , UK
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Grundy AC, Walker L, Meade O, Fraser C, Cree L, Bee P, Lovell K, Callaghan P. Evaluation of a co-delivered training package for community mental health professionals on service user- and carer-involved care planning. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2017; 24:358-366. [PMID: 28218977 PMCID: PMC5574013 DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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UNLABELLED WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: There is consistent evidence that service users and carers feel marginalized in the process of mental health care planning. Mental health professionals have identified ongoing training needs in relation to involving service users and carers in care planning. There is limited research on the acceptability of training packages for mental health professionals which involve service users and carers as co-facilitators. WHAT DOES THIS PAPER ADD TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: A co-produced and co-delivered training package on service user- and carer-involved care planning was acceptable to mental health professionals. Aspects of the training that were particularly valued were the co-production model, small group discussion and the opportunity for reflective practice. The organizational context of care planning may need more consideration in future training models. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE?: Mental health nurses using co-production models of delivering training to other mental health professionals can be confident that such initiatives will be warmly welcomed, acceptable and engaging. On the basis of the results reported here, we encourage mental health nurses to use co-production approaches more often. Further research will show how clinically effective this training is in improving outcomes for service users and carers. ABSTRACT Background There is limited evidence for the acceptability of training for mental health professionals on service user- and carer-involved care planning. Aim To investigate the acceptability of a co-delivered, two-day training intervention on service user- and carer-involved care planning. Methods Community mental health professionals were invited to complete the Training Acceptability Rating Scale post-training. Responses to the quantitative items were summarized using descriptive statistics (Miles, ), and qualitative responses were coded using content analysis (Weber, ). Results Of 350 trainees, 310 completed the questionnaire. The trainees rated the training favourably (median overall TARS scores = 56/63; median 'acceptability' score = 34/36; median 'perceived impact' score = 22/27). There were six qualitative themes: the value of the co-production model; time to reflect on practice; delivery preferences; comprehensiveness of content; need to consider organizational context; and emotional response. Discussion The training was found to be acceptable and comprehensive with participants valuing the co-production model. Individual differences were apparent in terms of delivery preferences and emotional reactions. There may be a need to further address the organizational context of care planning in future training. Implications for practice Mental health nurses should use co-production models of continuing professional development training that involve service users and carers as co-facilitators.
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- A C Grundy
- School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Health Sciences Research, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Health Sciences Research, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Health Sciences Research, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Health Sciences Research, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Health Sciences Research, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Mental Health Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Rose McCabe
- College House, University of Exeter Medical School, St. Luke's CampusExeterUK
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Perestelo-Perez L, Rivero-Santana A, Sanchez-Afonso JA, Perez-Ramos J, Castellano-Fuentes CL, Sepucha K, Serrano-Aguilar P. Effectiveness of a decision aid for patients with depression: A randomized controlled trial. Health Expect 2017; 20:1096-1105. [PMID: 28295915 PMCID: PMC5600223 DOI: 10.1111/hex.12553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Shared decision making is an important component of patient‐centred care and decision aids are tools designed to support patients' decision making and help patients with depression to make informed choices. Objective The study aim was to assess the effectiveness of a web‐based decision aid for patients with unipolar depression. Design Randomized controlled trial. Setting and participants Adults diagnosed with a major depressive disorder and recruited in primary care centres were included and randomized to the decision aid (n=68) or usual care (n=79). Intervention Patients in the decision aid group reviewed the decision aid accompanied by a researcher. Outcome measures Knowledge about treatment options, decisional conflict, treatment intention and preference for participation in decision making. We also developed a pilot measure of concordance between patients' goals and concerns about treatment options and their treatment intention. Results Intervention significantly improved knowledge (P<.001) and decisional conflict (P<.001), and no differences were observed in treatment intention, preferences for participation, or concordance. One of the scales developed to measure goals and concerns showed validity issues. Conclusion The decision aid “Decision making in depression” is effective improving knowledge of treatment options and reducing decisional conflict of patients with unipolar depression. More research is needed to establish a valid and reliable measure of concordance between patients' goals and concerns regarding pharmacological and psychological treatment, and the choice made.
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- Lilisbeth Perestelo-Perez
- Evaluation Unit of the Canary Islands Health Service (SESCS), Tenerife, Spain.,Health Services Research on Chronic Patients Network (REDISSEC), Tenerife, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Research of the Canary Islands (CIBICAN), Tenerife, Spain
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- Health Services Research on Chronic Patients Network (REDISSEC), Tenerife, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Research of the Canary Islands (CIBICAN), Tenerife, Spain.,Canary Islands Foundation of Health Research (FUNCANIS), Tenerife, Spain
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- Health Services Research on Chronic Patients Network (REDISSEC), Tenerife, Spain.,Canary Islands Foundation of Health Research (FUNCANIS), Tenerife, Spain
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- Health Decision Sciences Center (HDSC), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Evaluation Unit of the Canary Islands Health Service (SESCS), Tenerife, Spain.,Health Services Research on Chronic Patients Network (REDISSEC), Tenerife, Spain.,Center for Biomedical Research of the Canary Islands (CIBICAN), Tenerife, Spain
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Geyt GL, Awenat Y, Tai S, Haddock G. Personal Accounts of Discontinuing Neuroleptic Medication for Psychosis. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH 2017; 27:559-572. [PMID: 26984364 DOI: 10.1177/1049732316634047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We conducted this study to explore personal accounts of making choices about taking medication prescribed for the treatment of psychosis (neuroleptics). There are costs and benefits associated with continuing and discontinuing neuroleptics. Service users frequently discontinue neuroleptics; therefore, we specifically considered these decisions. We used a grounded theory approach to analyze transcripts from interviews with 12 participants. We present a preliminary grounded theory of the processes involved in making choices about neuroleptic medication. We identified three tasks as important in mediating participants' choices: (a) forming a personal theory of the need for, and acceptability of taking, neuroleptic medication; (b) negotiating the challenges of forming alliances with others; and (c) weaving a safety net to safeguard well-being. Progress in the tasks reflected a developmental trajectory of becoming an expert over time and was influenced by systemic factors. Our findings highlight the importance of developing resources for staff to facilitate service user choice.
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- Gabrielle Le Geyt
- 1 University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- 2 North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, Newcastle, UK
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- 1 University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Barrio P, Ortega L, López H, Gual A. Self-management and Shared Decision-Making in Alcohol Dependence via a Mobile App: a Pilot Study. Int J Behav Med 2017; 24:722-727. [DOI: 10.1007/s12529-017-9643-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Roy NT, Ulrich EE. Quantifying the relationship between patient characteristics and involvement in developing and implementing a treatment plan. DRUG HEALTHCARE AND PATIENT SAFETY 2017; 9:1-8. [PMID: 28144164 PMCID: PMC5248929 DOI: 10.2147/dhps.s107065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Objective Improving the patient-physician relationship through patient involvement in the care may lead to improved patient safety and better health outcomes. There exists a gap in knowledge in identifying factors that affect self-reported patient involvement in individualized treatment plans. The objectives of this study were to 1) describe patients’ perceptions of their involvement in the creation and implementation of their treatment plans and 2) determine if patient involvement varied by medical condition or demographic characteristics. Methods This study was a cross-sectional analysis of data from the “Quality of Care” module of the 2008 Health and Retirement Study (HRS). The individuals of HRS surveys were older than 50 years. One-way analyses of variance were conducted to determine differences between patient characteristics and involvement in creating a treatment plan. A linear regression was conducted to determine predictors of the summed involvement score. Results Average summed scores for each domain (shared decision-making, counseling, and follow-up) and overall involvement scores were ~50%. Linear regression showed that being non-White, older age, and diagnosed with a psychiatric condition or diabetes were predictors of increased self-reported involvement in the development and communication of a patient’s treatment plan. Conclusion Age, race, and having diabetes or a psychiatric condition were the major predictors affecting patient involvement in care, although overall involvement in care was low for all groups. Practice implications Patient involvement in care was lower than expected and should be further studied to determine the effects of involvement on health outcomes.
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- Natalie T Roy
- Department of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical, and Administrative Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Drake University, Des Moines, IA, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical, and Administrative Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Drake University, Des Moines, IA, USA
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Training patients with schizophrenia to share decisions with their psychiatrists: a randomized-controlled trial. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2017; 52:175-182. [PMID: 28040825 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-016-1327-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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PURPOSE Many patients with schizophrenia have a desire for shared decision-making (SDM). However, in clinical practice SDM often does not take place. One cause might be that many patients behave passively in the medical encounter, therefore not facilitating SDM. It was the aim of the study to evaluate the effects of a patient directed SDM-training on patients' communicative behavior in the consultation, their attitudes towards decision-making and their long-term adherence. METHODS Randomized-controlled trial comparing a five-session SDM-training for inpatients with schizophrenia with five sessions of non-specific group training. The SDM-training sessions included motivational (e.g. prospects of participation, patient rights) and behavioral aspects (e.g. role plays) and addressed important aspects of the patient-doctor interaction such as question asking or giving feedback. RESULTS N = 264 patients were recruited in four psychiatric hospitals in Germany. The SDM-training yielded no group differences regarding the main outcome measure (treatment adherence) at 6 and 12 months after discharge. However, there were short-term effects on patients' participation preferences, their wish to take over more responsibility for medical decisions and (according to their psychiatrists' estimate) their behavior in psychiatric consultations. CONCLUSIONS While there was no effect regarding treatment adherence, the shared decision-making training for inpatients with schizophrenia has been shown to increase patients' active behavior in psychiatric consultations during their inpatient treatment. When implemented it should be combined with complementary SDM interventions (decision support tools and communication training for professionals) to yield maximum effects.
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Liebherz S, Härter M, Dirmaier J, Tlach L. Information and Decision-Making Needs Among People with Anxiety Disorders: Results of an Online Survey. PATIENT-PATIENT CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH 2016; 8:531-9. [PMID: 25663124 DOI: 10.1007/s40271-015-0116-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND People with anxiety disorders are faced with treatment decisions considerably affecting their life. Patient decision aids are aimed at enabling patients to deliberate treatment options based on individual values and to participate in medical decisions. OBJECTIVE This is the first study to determine patients' information and decision-making needs as a pre-requisite for the development of patient decision aids for anxiety disorders. METHODS An online cross-sectional survey was conducted between January and April 2013 on the e-health portal http://www.psychenet.de by using a self-administered questionnaire with items on internet use, online health information needs, role in decision making and important treatment decisions. Descriptive and inferential statistical as well as qualitative data analyses were performed. RESULTS A total of 60 people with anxiety disorders with a mean age of 33.3 years (SD 10.5) participated in the survey. The most prevalent reasons for online health information search were the need for general information on anxiety disorders, the search for a physician or psychiatrist and the insufficiency of information given by the healthcare provider. Respondents experienced less shared and more autonomous decisions than they preferred. They assessed decisions on psychotherapy, medication, and treatment setting (inpatient or outpatient) as the most difficult decisions. CONCLUSION Our results confirm the importance of offering patient decision aids for people with anxiety disorders that encourage patients to participate in decision making by providing information about the pros and cons of evidence-based treatment options.
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- Sarah Liebherz
- Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, W26, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
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- Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, W26, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, W26, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, W26, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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Hamann J, Kohl S, McCabe R, Bühner M, Mendel R, Albus M, Bernd J. What can patients do to facilitate shared decision making? A qualitative study of patients with depression or schizophrenia and psychiatrists. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2016; 51:617-25. [PMID: 26155899 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-015-1089-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE Patient involvement in decision making is endorsed by patients and professionals. While research has recently been conducted on how professionals can promote shared decision making (SDM), little is known about how patients can also facilitate SDM. METHODS Seven focus groups were conducted: 3 with psychiatrists and 4 with patients with schizophrenia or depression. The focus groups were transcribed and independently coded line by line by 2 researchers. Data were analyzed using content analysis. RESULTS Seven themes related to patient attitudes and behaviors were identified: honesty and openness with one's psychiatrist and oneself, trust in one's psychiatrist and patience with the treatment, respect and politeness, informing the psychiatrist and giving feedback, engagement/active participation during the consultation, gathering information/preparing for the consultation and implementing decisions. Barriers (e.g., avolition, lack of decisional capacity, powerlessness during involuntary treatment) and facilitators of active patient behavior were also identified. CONCLUSIONS There are various ways in which patients can facilitate SDM/play a more active role in decision making, with patients emphasizing being open and honest and psychiatrists emphasizing being active in the consultation. Interventions to increase active patient behavior may enhance SDM in mental health care.
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- Johannes Hamann
- Psychiatric Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
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- Psychiatric Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- Department for Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Psychiatric Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Isar Amper Klinikum München Ost, kbo, Haar, Germany
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- Isar Amper Klinikum München Ost, kbo, Haar, Germany
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Shared Decision Making in Vascular Surgery: An Exploratory Study. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2016; 51:587-93. [PMID: 26847960 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2015.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Shared decision making (SDM) is a process in which patients and their doctors collaborate in choosing a suitable treatment option by incorporating patient values and preferences, as well as the best available evidence. Particularly in vascular surgery, several conditions seem suitable for SDM because there are multiple treatment options. The objective of this study was to assess the degree of SDM behaviour in vascular surgery. METHODS Vascular surgeons of four Dutch hospitals selected consultations with patients who were facing a treatment decision. Immediately after the consultation, patients and surgeons completed the (subjective) SDM Q-9 and SDM Q-doc questionnaires respectively, to appreciate the perceived level of SDM behaviour. Two evaluators independently and objectively rated SDM behaviour in the audiotaped consultations, using the Observing Patient Involvement (OPTION-12) scale. RESULTS Nine vascular surgeons and three vascular surgeons in training conducted 54 consultations. The patients' median SDM Q-9 score was high, 93% (IQR 79-100%), and 16/54 (29.6%) of them gave the maximum score. The surgeons' median score was also high, 84% (IQR 73-92%), while 4/54 (7.4%) gave the maximum score. In contrast, mean OPTION score was 31% (SD 11%). Surgeons hardly ever asked the patients for their preferred approach to receive information, whether they had understood the provided information, and how they would like to be involved in SDM. CONCLUSIONS Currently, objective SDM behaviour among vascular surgeons is limited, even though the presented disorders allow for SDM. Hence, SDM in vascular surgical consultations could be improved by increasing the patients' and surgeons' awareness and knowledge about the concept of SDM.
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Grundy AC, Bee P, Meade O, Callaghan P, Beatty S, Olleveant N, Lovell K. Bringing meaning to user involvement in mental health care planning: a qualitative exploration of service user perspectives. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2016; 23:12-21. [PMID: 26634415 DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Service users wish to be involved in care planning but typically feel marginalized in this process. Qualitative explorations of the barriers and enablers of user involvement in mental health care planning are limited. QUESTION How is user involvement in care planning conceptualized by service users and how can meaningful involvement be instilled in the care planning process? METHODS In 2013, we conducted five focus groups (n = 27) and 23 individual interviews with current or recent adult users of secondary care mental health services (n = 27) in England. Eight users participated in both. Data were analysed using Framework Analysis. Results Ten themes emerged from the data: these themes encompassed procedural elements (connection; contribution; currency; care consolidation; and consequence), service user characteristics (capacity and confidence) and professional enablers (consultation; choice; and clarity of expression). Procedural elements were discussed most frequently in service user discourse. DISCUSSION The process of care planning, centred on the user-clinician relationship, is key to user involvement. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE Users describe a common model of meaningful involvement in care planning. Their requests, summarized through a 10C framework of care planning involvement, provide clear direction for improving service users satisfaction with care planning and enhancing the culture of services.
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- A C Grundy
- School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Clinical decision making and outcome in the routine care of people with severe mental illness across Europe (CEDAR). Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci 2016; 25:69-79. [PMID: 25600424 PMCID: PMC6998762 DOI: 10.1017/s204579601400078x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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AIMS Shared decision making has been advocated as a means to improve patient-orientation and quality of health care. There is a lack of knowledge on clinical decision making and its relation to outcome in the routine treatment of people with severe mental illness. This study examined preferred and experienced clinical decision making from the perspectives of patients and staff, and how these affect treatment outcome. METHODS "Clinical Decision Making and Outcome in Routine Care for People with Severe Mental Illness" (CEDAR; ISRCTN75841675) is a naturalistic prospective observational study with bimonthly assessments during a 12-month observation period. Between November 2009 and December 2010, adults with severe mental illness were consecutively recruited from caseloads of community mental health services at the six study sites (Ulm, Germany; London, UK; Naples, Italy; Debrecen, Hungary; Aalborg, Denmark; and Zurich, Switzerland). Clinical decision making was assessed using two instruments which both have parallel patient and staff versions: (a) The Clinical Decision Making Style Scale (CDMS) measured preferences for decision making at baseline; and (b) the Clinical Decision Making Involvement and Satisfaction Scale (CDIS) measured involvement and satisfaction with a specific decision at all time points. Primary outcome was patient-rated unmet needs measured with the Camberwell Assessment of Need Short Appraisal Schedule (CANSAS). Mixed-effects multinomial regression was used to examine differences and course over time in involvement in and satisfaction with actual decision making. The effect of clinical decision making on the primary outcome was examined using hierarchical linear modelling controlling for covariates (study centre, patient age, duration of illness, and diagnosis). Analysis were also controlled for nesting of patients within staff. RESULTS Of 708 individuals approached, 588 adults with severe mental illness (52% female, mean age = 41.7) gave informed consent. Paired staff participants (N = 213) were 61.8% female and 46.0 years old on average. Shared decision making was preferred by patients (χ 2 = 135.08; p < 0.001) and staff (χ 2 = 368.17; p < 0.001). Decision making style of staff significantly affected unmet needs over time, with unmet needs decreasing more in patients whose clinicians preferred active to passive (-0.406 unmet needs per two months, p = 0.007) or shared (-0.303 unmet needs per two months, p = 0.015) decision making. CONCLUSIONS Decision making style of staff is a prime candidate for the development of targeted intervention. If proven effective in future trials, this would pave the ground for a shift from shared to active involvement of patients including changes to professional socialization through training in principles of active decision making.
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Barrio P, Gual A. Patient-centered care interventions for the management of alcohol use disorders: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Patient Prefer Adherence 2016; 10:1823-1845. [PMID: 27695301 PMCID: PMC5029836 DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s109641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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ISSUES Patient-centered care (PCC) is increasingly accepted as an integral component of good health care, including addiction medicine. However, its implementation has been controversial in people with alcohol use disorders. APPROACH A systematic search strategy was devised to find completed randomized controlled trials enrolling adults (>18 years) with alcohol use disorders. Studies had to use a PCC approach such that they should have been individualized, respectful to the patients' own goals, and empowering. Studies until September 2015 were searched using PubMed, Scopus, the Cochrane Library, PsychINFO, and Web of Knowledge. KEY FINDINGS In total, 40 studies enrolling 16,020 patients met the inclusion criteria. Assessment revealed two main categories of study: psychosocial (n=35 based on motivational interviewing) and pharmacological (n=5 based on an as needed dosing regimen). Psychosocial interventions were further classified according to the presence or absence of an active comparator. When no active comparator was present, studies were classified according to the number of sessions (≥1). Results from single sessions of motivational interviewing showed no clear benefit on alcohol consumption outcomes, with few studies indicating benefit of PCC versus control. Although the results for studies of multiple sessions of counseling were also mixed, many did show a significant benefit of the PCC intervention. By contrast, studies consistently demonstrated a benefit of pharmacologically supported PCC interventions, with most of the differences reaching statistical significance. IMPLICATIONS PCC-based interventions may be beneficial for reducing alcohol consumption in people with alcohol use disorders.
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- Pablo Barrio
- Neurosciences Institute, Hospital Clinic, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques Agustí Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
- Correspondence: Pablo Barrio, Neurosciences Institute, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Carrer de Villlarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain, Tel +34 932 275 400 ext 3167, Email
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- Neurosciences Institute, Hospital Clinic, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques Agustí Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
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Bee P, Brooks H, Fraser C, Lovell K. Professional perspectives on service user and carer involvement in mental health care planning: a qualitative study. Int J Nurs Stud 2015; 52:1834-45. [PMID: 26253574 PMCID: PMC4642654 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Revised: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 07/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Involving users/carers in mental health care-planning is central to international policy initiatives yet users frequently report feeling excluded from the care planning process. Rigorous explorations of mental health professionals' experiences of care planning are lacking, limiting our understanding of this important translational gap. OBJECTIVES To explore professional perceptions of delivering collaborative mental health care-planning and involving service users and carers in their care. DESIGN Qualitative interviews and focus groups with data combined and subjected to framework analysis. SETTING UK secondary care mental health services. PARTICIPANTS 51 multi-disciplinary professionals involved in care planning and recruited via study advertisements. RESULTS Emergent themes identified care-planning as a meaningful platform for user/carer involvement but revealed philosophical tensions between user involvement and professional accountability. Professionals emphasised their individual, relational skills as a core facilitator of involvement, highlighting some important deficiencies in conventional staff training programmes. CONCLUSIONS Although internationally accepted on philosophical grounds, user-involved care-planning is poorly defined and lacks effective implementation support. Its full realisation demands greater recognition of both the historical and contemporary contexts in which statutory mental healthcare occurs.
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- Penny Bee
- EQUIP, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
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- EQUIP, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
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- EQUIP, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
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- EQUIP, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
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Bee P, Price O, Baker J, Lovell K. Systematic synthesis of barriers and facilitators to service user-led care planning. Br J Psychiatry 2015; 207:104-14. [PMID: 26243762 PMCID: PMC4523927 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.152447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Service user (patient) involvement in care planning is a principle enshrined by mental health policy yet often attracts criticism from patients and carers in practice. AIMS To examine how user-involved care planning is operationalised within mental health services and to establish where, how and why challenges to service user involvement occur. METHOD Systematic evidence synthesis. RESULTS Synthesis of data from 117 studies suggests that service user involvement fails because the patients' frame of reference diverges from that of providers. Service users and carers attributed highest value to the relational aspects of care planning. Health professionals inconsistently acknowledged the quality of the care planning process, tending instead to define service user involvement in terms of quantifiable service-led outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Service user-involved care planning is typically operationalised as a series of practice-based activities compliant with auditor standards. Meaningful involvement demands new patient-centred definitions of care planning quality. New organisational initiatives should validate time spent with service users and display more tangible and flexible commitments to meeting their needs.
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- Penny Bee
- Penny Bee, PhD, Owen Price, MSc, John Baker, PhD, Karina Lovell, PhD, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Coutu MF, Légaré F, Stacey D, Durand MJ, Corbière M, Bainbridge L, Labrecque ME. Occupational therapists' shared decision-making behaviors with patients having persistent pain in a work rehabilitation context: A cross-sectional study. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2015; 98:864-870. [PMID: 25850756 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Revised: 03/13/2015] [Accepted: 03/14/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE In a work rehabilitation context, we assessed occupational therapists' (OTs) shared decision-making (SDM) behaviors with individuals having persistent pain and explored factors influencing SDM behaviors. METHODS A cross-sectional study that used audio-recordings of work rehabilitation consultations between OTs trained in SDM and a convenient sample of patients. Eligible patients were: off work for ≥12 weeks due to persistent pain associated with a musculoskeletal disorder, starting a work rehabilitation program, and French speaking. Transcripts were analyzed using the Observing Patient Involvement in Shared Decision Making (OPTION) instrument and assessed patients' decisional conflict and socioeconomic status. RESULTS Of 15 OTs trained in SDM, 11 (90% female), provided audiotaped SDM meetings with 37 patients (40.5% female; aged 18-62 years). Their average OPTION score was 53.94 out of 100 (SD=9.68; range 35.42-70.83), indicating basic skills. Significant factors associated with OPTION scores (R (2)adjusted=21.7%) were the interview length (p=0.008) and level of patient education (p=0.038). CONCLUSION Basic SDM behaviors were integrated in the practice of OTs trained in SDM. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Evaluating SDM behaviors is a step toward providing OTs with performance feedback toward achieving client-centered care.
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- Marie-France Coutu
- Hôpital CharlesLeMoyne Research Center and School of Rehabilitation, Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Canada.
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec Research Center, Hospital St-François d'Assise, Québec, Canada
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- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- Hôpital CharlesLeMoyne Research Center and School of Rehabilitation, Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Canada
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- Hôpital CharlesLeMoyne Research Center and School of Rehabilitation, Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Canada
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- Hôpital CharlesLeMoyne Research Center and School of Rehabilitation, Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Canada
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Clarke E, Puschner B, Jordan H, Williams P, Konrad J, Kawohl W, Bär A, Rössler W, Del Vecchio V, Sampogna G, Nagy M, Süveges A, Krogsgaard Bording M, Slade M. Empowerment and satisfaction in a multinational study of routine clinical practice. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2015; 131:369-78. [PMID: 25471821 DOI: 10.1111/acps.12365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Decision-making between mental health clinicians and patients is under-researched. We tested whether mental health patients are more satisfied with a decision made (i) using their preferred decision-making style and (ii) with a clinician with the same decision-making style preference. METHOD As part of the CEDAR Study (ISRCTN75841675), a convenience sample of 445 patients with severe mental illness from six European countries were assessed for desired clinical decision-making style (rated by patients and paired clinicians), decision-specific experienced style and satisfaction. RESULTS Patients who experienced more involvement in decision-making than they desired rated higher satisfaction (OR=2.47, P=0.005, 95% CI 1.32-4.63). Decisions made with clinicians whose decision-making style preference was for more active involvement than the patient preference were rated with higher satisfaction (OR=3.17, P=0.003, 95% CI 1.48-6.82). CONCLUSION More active involvement in decision-making than the patient stated as desired was associated with higher satisfaction. A clinical orientation towards empowering, rather than shared, decision-making may maximise satisfaction.
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- E Clarke
- King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK
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Farrelly S, Lester H, Rose D, Birchwood M, Marshall M, Waheed W, Henderson RC, Szmukler G, Thornicroft G. Barriers to shared decision making in mental health care: qualitative study of the Joint Crisis Plan for psychosis. Health Expect 2015; 19:448-58. [PMID: 25912086 DOI: 10.1111/hex.12368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite increasing calls for shared decision making (SDM), the precise mechanisms for its attainment are unclear. Sharing decisions in mental health care may be especially complex. Fluctuations in service user capacity and significant power differences are particular barriers. OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN We trialled a form of facilitated SDM that aimed to generate patients' treatment preferences in advance of a possible relapse. The 'Joint Crisis Plan' (JCP) intervention was trialled in four mental health trusts in England between 2008 and 2011. This qualitative study used grounded theory methods to analyse focus group and interview data to understand how stakeholders perceived the intervention and the barriers to SDM in the form of a JCP. RESULTS Fifty service users with psychotic disorders and 45 clinicians participated in focus groups or interviews between February 2010 and November 2011. Results suggested four barriers to clinician engagement in the JCP: (i) ambivalence about care planning; (ii) perceptions that they were 'already doing SDM'; (iii) concerns regarding the clinical 'appropriateness of service users' choices'; and (iv) limited 'availability of service users' choices'. Service users reported barriers to SDM in routine practice, most of which were addressed by the JCP process. Barriers identified by clinicians led to their lack of constructive engagement in the process, undermining the service users' experience. CONCLUSIONS Future work requires interventions targeted at the engagement of clinicians addressing their concerns about SDM. Particular strategies include organizational investment in implementation of service users' choices and directly training clinicians in SDM communication processes.
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- Simone Farrelly
- Health Service and Population Research Department, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
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- Health Service and Population Research Department, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
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- Health Service and Population Research Department, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
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- Division of Health and Wellbeing, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Primary care, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Health Service and Population Research Department, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
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- Health Service and Population Research Department, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
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- Health Service and Population Research Department, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
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Strauss K, Benvenuto A, Battan B, Siracusano M, Terribili M, Curatolo P, Fava L. Promoting Shared Decision Making to strengthen outcome of young children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: the role of staff competence. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2015; 38:48-63. [PMID: 25544428 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2014] [Revised: 11/21/2014] [Accepted: 11/25/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Little is known on how the conceptual description of Shared Decision Making (SDM) accomplishes clinical practice in the context of lifetime disabilities as in particular Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), when intervention is long-lasting and requires constant family involvement. This study aimed mainly to investigate to what extent the staff's competence in SDM contributes to positive child and parent improvement when involving parents in Early Intensive Behavior Interventions (EIBI). It was also geared to verify whether SDM staff competence contributes to a child's treatment responsiveness. A total of 25 young children with ASD (23 male, 3 female, age range 34-92 months, mean age 51.4±13.6) were included in the study. Of these, nine children were allocated to a Parent Involvement condition accompanied by SDM Staff Training (PI-SDM), and eight children to a Parent Inclusion in Treatment Delivery Only condition without SDM Staff Training (PI-DO). Nine months treatment outcomes of severity, developmental and adaptive measures were compared to Treatment As Usual (n=8). PI-SDM was associated with improvement of autistic symptoms (p≤.05), adaptive functioning (p≤.01) and developmental outcome (p≤.01), as well as parent (p≤.05) and staff competence (p≤.001). The magnitude of outcome was inferior in the PI-PO and TAU group. A Reliable Change was identified in more than 40% of children included in PI-SDM, while PI-PO (>20%) and TAU (>12%) let to little Reliable Change and partially skill deterioration. Staff's SDM skill competence predicts reduced parental stress (β=-.500, p≤.05) and contributes significantly to a positive treatment responder trajectory (p≤.01), besides lower severity (p≤.05), higher adaptive (p≤.01) and communication skills (p≤.05). The study indicates that parent inclusion should be conceptualized as a collaborative partnership model rather than as adherence in treatment provision, based on a target SDM staff training that may constitute an external contributor to treatment responsiveness and positive child as well as parent outcome.
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- Kristin Strauss
- Association for Treatment and Research in Autism and Related Conditions "Umbrella", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Pediatric Neurology Unit, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Pediatric Neurology Unit, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Pediatric Neurology Unit, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Pediatric Neurology Unit, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Pediatric Neurology Unit, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Association for Treatment and Research in Autism and Related Conditions "Umbrella", Rome, Italy.
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Liebherz S, Tlach L, Härter M, Dirmaier J. Information and decision-making needs among people with affective disorders - results of an online survey. Patient Prefer Adherence 2015; 9:627-38. [PMID: 25999698 PMCID: PMC4427262 DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s78495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patient decision aids are one possibility for enabling and encouraging patients to participate in medical decisions. OBJECTIVE This paper aims to describe patients' information and decision-making needs as a prerequisite for the development of high-quality, web-based patient decision aids for affective disorders. DESIGN We conducted an online cross-sectional survey by using a self-administered questionnaire including items on Internet use, online health information needs, role in decision making, and important treatment decisions, performing descriptive and comparative statistical analyses. PARTICIPANTS A total of 210 people with bipolar disorder/mania as well as 112 people with unipolar depression participated in the survey. RESULTS Both groups specified general information search as their most relevant information need and decisions on treatment setting (inpatient or outpatient) as well as decisions on pharmacological treatment as the most difficult treatment decisions. For participants with unipolar depression, decisions concerning psychotherapeutic treatment were also especially difficult. Most participants of both groups preferred shared decisions but experienced less shared decisions than desired. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION Our results show the importance of information for patients with affective disorders, with a focus on pharmacological treatment and on the different treatment settings, and highlight patients' requirements to be involved in the decision-making process. Since our sample reported a chronic course of disease, we do not know if our results are applicable for newly diagnosed patients. Further studies should consider how the reported needs could be addressed in health care practice.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sarah Liebherz
- Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Correspondence: Sarah Liebherz, Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, W26, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany, Tel +49 40 7410 57969, Fax +49 40 7410 54940, Email
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- Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Eliacin J, Salyers MP, Kukla M, Matthias MS. Factors influencing patients' preferences and perceived involvement in shared decision-making in mental health care. J Ment Health 2014; 24:24-8. [PMID: 25279691 DOI: 10.3109/09638237.2014.954695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although research has suggested that patients desire to participate in shared decision-making, recent studies show that most patients take a passive role in their treatment decisions. The discrepancy between patients' expressed desire and actual behaviors underscores the need to better understand how patients perceive shared decision-making and what factors influence their participation. AIMS To investigate patients' preferences and appraisals of their involvement in treatment decisions. METHODS Fifty-four qualitative interviews were conducted with veterans receiving outpatient mental health care at a U.S. Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. RESULTS Participants outlined several factors that influence their preferences and involvement in treatment decisions. These include the patient-provider relationship, fear of being judged, perceived inadequacy, and a history of substance abuse. CONCLUSION Patients' preferences and willingness to engage in shared decision-making fluctuate over time and are context dependent. A better understanding of these factors and a strong patient-provider relationship will facilitate better measurement and implementation of shared decision-making.
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- Johanne Eliacin
- Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Health Services Research and Development, Center for Health Information and Communication, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center , Indianapolis, IN , USA
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