Preferences and Perceived Involvement in Treatment Decision Making among Chinese Patients with Chronic Hepatitis

Yuhai Zhang, Haixia Su, Lei Shang, Duan Li, Rui Wang, Ruiqiao Zhang and Yongyong Xu

Medical Decision Making, 2011, vol. 31, issue 2, 245-253

Abstract: Objectives . The objectives of this study were to measure the preferences for and perceived involvement in treatment decision making among Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis and to explore the factors that may influence patients’ preferences. The study also aimed to analyze patients’ satisfaction with decision and information provision and their relationships with the decisional role. Methods . Semistructured interviews were performed with 178 chronic hepatitis patients. The Control Preferences Scale was translated into Chinese from English and adopted to measure patients’ preferred and perceived decisional role. Patients’ satisfaction with decision and information provision was also investigated by a 5-point Likert-type scale. Results . Patients with chronic hepatitis in the study generally preferred a collaborative role (45%) or passive role (44%); only 11% of patients preferred an active role in treatment decision making. The agreement between patients’ perceived and preferred role was not perfect (Bowker’s S = 33.8, P

Keywords: involvement; decision making; chronic hepatitis; Control Preferences Scale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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