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Information and Decision-Making Needs Among People with Anxiety Disorders: Results of an Online Survey.
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- Patient Preferences and Shared Decision Making in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review of the Literature.PloS one · 2016Pooled it
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- Which questionnaires can be used to elicit patients' preferences regarding patient-provider consultations? Results of a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Users remain overlooked: Shared decision-making processes for people with anxiety disorders.Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing · 2025Article
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- Information needs and sources of information among people with depression and anxiety: a scoping review.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- Examining Anxiety Treatment Information Needs: Web-Based Survey Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- How do users with comorbidity perceive participation in social services? A qualitative interview study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2021Article
- Shared Decision-Making and Information Needs among People with Generalized Anxiety Disorder.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2021Article
- Choosing the appropriate treatment setting: which information and decision-making needs do adult inpatients with mental disorders have? A qualitative interview study.Patient preference and adherence · 2018Article
- Information and decision-making needs of psychiatric patients: the perspective of relatives.PeerJ · 2017Article
- Information and decision-making needs among people with affective disorders - results of an online survey.Patient preference and adherence · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundPeople 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.
objectiveThis 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.
methodsAn 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.
resultsA 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.
conclusionOur 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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