People with dementia are confronted with many decisions. However, they are often not involved in the process of the decision-making. Shared Decision-Making (SDM) enables involvement of persons with dementia in the decision-making process. In our study, we develop a supportive IT application aiming to facilitate the decision-making process in care networks of people with dementia. A key feature in the development of this SDM tool is the participation of all network members during the design and development process, including the person with dementia. In this paper, we give insight into the first phases of this design and development process in which we conducted extensive user studies and translated wishes and needs of network members into user requirements
Background and aim Self-management support is an integral part of current chronic care guidelines. The success of self-management interventions varies between individual patients, suggesting a need for tailored self-management support. Understanding the role of patient factors in the current decision making of health professionals can support future tailoring of self-management interventions. The aim of this study is to identify the relative importance of patient factors in health professionals’ decision making regarding self-management support. Method A factorial survey was presented to primary care physicians and nurses. The survey consisted of clinical vignettes (case descriptions), in which 11 patient factors were systematically varied. Each care provider received a set of 12 vignettes. For each vignette, they decided whether they would give this patient self-management support and whether they expected this support to be successful. The associations between respondent decisions and patient factors were explored using ordered logit regression. Results The survey was completed by 60 general practitioners and 80 nurses. Self-management support was unlikely to be provided in a third of the vignettes. The most important patient factor in the decision to provide self-management support as well as in the expectation that self-management support would be successful was motivation, followed by patient-provider relationship and illness perception. Other factors, such as depression or anxiety, education level, self-efficacy and social support, had a small impact on decisions. Disease, disease severity, knowledge of disease, and age were relatively unimportant factors. Conclusion This is the first study to explore the relative importance of patient factors in decision making and the expectations regarding the provision of self-management support to chronic disease patients. By far, the most important factor considered was patient’s motivation; unmotivated patients were less likely to receive self-management support. Future tailored interventions should incorporate strategies to enhance motivation in unmotivated patients. Furthermore, care providers should be better equipped to promote motivational change in their patients.
Introduction: Shared decision-making is considered to be a key aspect of woman-centered care and a strategy to improve communication, respect, and satisfaction. This scoping review identified studies that used a shared decision-making support strategy as the primary intervention in the context of perinatal care. Methods: A literature search of PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, and SCOPUS databases was completed for English-language studies conducted from January 2000 through November 2019 that examined the impact of a shared decision-making support strategy on a perinatal decision (such as choice of mode of birth after prior cesarean birth). Studies that only examined the use of a decision aid were excluded. Nine studies met inclusion criteria and were examined for the nature of the shared decision-making intervention as well as outcome measures such as decisional evaluation, including decisional conflict, decisional regret, and certainty. Results: The 9 included studies were heterogeneous with regard to shared decision-making interventions and measured outcomes and were performed in different countries and in a variety of perinatal situations, such as women facing the choice of mode of birth after prior cesarean birth. The impact of a shared decision-making intervention on women’s perception of shared decision-making and on their experiences of the decision-making process were mixed. There may be a decrease in decisional conflict and regret related to feeling informed, but no change in decisional certainty. Discussion: Despite the call to increase the use of shared decision-making in perinatal care, there are few studies that have examined the effects of a shared decision-making support strategy. Further studies that include antepartum and intrapartum settings, which include common perinatal decisions such as induction of labor, are needed. In addition, clear guidance and strategies for successfully integrating shared decision-making and practice recommendations would help women and health care providers navigate these complex decisions.
Het RAAK-mkb onderzoeksproject 'Praktische Predictie: de ontwikkeling van een Clinical Decision Support Tool voor fysiotherapie bij de lage rugpijn' heeft zich gericht op het ontdekken van de persoonskenmerken (onder meer ernst en type van rugpijn, manier waarop iemand hiermee omgaat, verdere gezondheid, en herstelverwachting van patiënt) die het beloop van beginnende rugklachten voorspellen. Aan de hand van deze kenmerken is een algoritme gemaakt voor het voorspellen van een vertraagd herstel. Dit algoritme, ontwikkeld met machine learning technieken, is vervolgens verwerkt in een screening tool waarin een voorspelling gegeven en, op een inzichtelijke manier aan de patiënt, gepresenteerd kan worden. Het gebruik en toepassing van de tool in de dagelijkse praktijk is nog niet zo eenvoudig. Het vereist kennis van diagnostische en prognostische onderzoeksmethoden, kennis over hoe de uitkomsten te vertalen zijn naar de klinische praktijk en dus naar de individuele patiënt, en het vereist communicatievaardigheden om de uitkomsten van de tool met de patiënt te bespreken om te komen tot gezamenlijke besluitvorming ('shared decision making'). Om de praktiserende fysiotherapeut of de student fysiotherapie hiervoor toe te rusten wordt uitgaande van de ontwikkelde tool een zelfstandig te doorlopen online onderwijsmodule ontwikkeld over diagnostisch en prognostisch onderzoek, ‘Clinical Decision Support Tools’, en gedeelde besluitvorming in relatie tot ‘Clinical Decision Support Tools’. De onderwijsmodule zal bestaan uit opdrachten en quizzen (met directe feedback), en kennisclips. De onderwijsmodule wordt verspreid onder de projectpartners van het 'Praktische Predictie' project en geïmplementeerd in de bachelor en masteropleidingen fysiotherapie van de Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen en Saxion Hogeschool. De online onderwijsmodule zal tevens beschikbaar worden gesteld op bestaande online platformen voor fysiotherapieonderwijs. Daarnaast zullen er werkvormen ontwikkeld worden om de onderwijsmodule in het onderwijs te gebruiken.
