Patient preference for involvement, experienced involvement, decisional conflict, and satisfaction with physician - a structural equation model test
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Abstract
METHODS: This model was tested in a German primary care sample (N = 1,913). Psychometrically tested instruments were administered to assess the following: patients' preference for being involved in medical decision-making, patients' experienced involvement in medical decision-making, decisional conflict, and satisfaction with the primary care provider. Structural equation modelling was used to explore multiple associations. The model was tested and adjusted in a development sub-sample and cross-validated in a confirmatory sample. Demographic and clinical characteristics were accounted for as possible confounders.
RESULTS: Local and global indexes suggested an acceptable fit between the theoretical model and the data. Increased patient involvement was strongly associated with decreased decisional conflict (standardised regression coefficient Β = -.73). Both high experienced involvement (Β = .34) and low decisional conflict (B = -.28) predicted higher satisfaction with the physician. Patients' preference for involvement was negatively associated with the experienced involvement (B = -.24).
CONCLUSION: Altogether, our model could be largely corroborated by the collected empirical data except the unexpected negative association between preference for involvement and experienced involvement. Future research on the associations among different SDM-related constructs should incorporate longitudinal studies in order to strengthen the hypothesis of causal associations.
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Originalsprache | Englisch |
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ISSN | 1472-6963 |
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Status | Veröffentlicht - 01.01.2013 |
PubMed | 23800366 |
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