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ArticlePatient education and counseling2010

Inconsistencies in patient perceptions and observer ratings of shared decision making: the case of colorectal cancer screening.

Tracy Wunderlich, Gregory Cooper, George Divine, Susan Flocke, Nancy Oja-Tebbe, Kurt Stange, Jennifer Elston Lafata

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Article in Patient education and counseling, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Where is the evidence? A systematic review of shared decision making and patient outcomes.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2015
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  9. Shared Decision Making in Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Scoping Review.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM · 2025
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  11. Through the Eyes of Patients: The Effect of Training General Practitioners and Nurses on Perceived Shared Decision-Making Support.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2024
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  15. Pilot Study of Clinician-Patient Collaboration in Glaucoma.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021
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  17. A skills network approach to physicians' competence in shared decision making.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2020
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  20. Implementation of the three good questions-A feasibility study in Dutch hospital departments.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Tracy WunderlichHenry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. Twunder1@hfhs.org
Gregory Cooper
George Divine
Susan Flocke
Nancy Oja-Tebbe
Kurt Stange
Jennifer Elston Lafata

Funding

PHYSICIAN RECOMMENDATION AND COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENINGR01CA112379 · NCI · HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM · PI ELSTON LAFATA, JENNIFER M · 2006 to 2009
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA112379NCI NIH HHS R01CA1123790
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo compare patient-reported and observer-rated shared decision making (SDM) use for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and evaluate patient, physician and patient-reported relational communication factors associated with patient-reported use of shared CRC screening decisions.

methodsStudy physicians are salaried primary care providers. Patients are insured, aged 50-80 and due for CRC screening. Audio-recordings from 363 primary care visits were observer-coded for elements of SDM. A post-visit patient survey assessed patient-reported decision-making processes and relational communication during visit. Association of patient-reported SDM with observer-rated elements of SDM, as well as patient, physician and relational communication factors were evaluated using generalized estimating equations.

results70% of patients preferred SDM for preventive health decisions, 47% of patients reported use of a SDM process, and only one of the screening discussions included all four elements of SDM per observer ratings. Patient report of SDM use was not associated with observer-rated elements of SDM, but was significantly associated with female physician gender and patient-reported relational communication.

conclusionInconsistencies exist between patient reports and observer ratings of SDM for CRC screening. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Future studies are needed to understand whether SDM that is patient-reported, observer-rated or both are associated with informed and value-concordant CRC screening decisions.

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CommunicationDecision MakingPatient ParticipationPhysician-Patient RelationsAgedAged, 80 and overAttitude of Health PersonnelColorectal NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMaleMass ScreeningMiddle AgedObserver VariationPatient Acceptance of Health CareSurveys and Questionnaires

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PMID20667678
PMCPMC2971658

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