Shared decision making in patients with surgical or non-surgical medical disorders in a General Hospital: A pilot study (Shared Decision Making in a General hospital)

Study type

• Study topic:
  Other
• Study topic, other:
  Disease/Epidemiology study
• Study type:
  Non-interventional study
• Scope of the study:
  Other
• If ‘other’, further details on the scope of the study:
  Participation of patients on shared decision making
• Data collection methods:
  Primary data collection

Non-interventional study

• Non-interventional study design:
  Cross-sectional

Population studied

• Short description of the study population:
  Patients who were treated surgically (SurT) and those suffering from medical disorders and had not undergone surgery in a General Hospital.
• Age groups:
  • Adults (18 to < 46 years)
  • Adults (46 to < 65 years)
  • Adults (65 to < 75 years)
  • Adults (75 to < 85 years)
  • Adults (85 years and over)
• Estimated number of subjects:
  120

Study design details

• Main study objective:
  To investigate the difference in shared decision making participation in patients suffering from surgical versus non surgical disorders.
• Outcomes:
  Difference in shared decision making participation in patients suffering from surgical versus non surgical disorders, as measured by the score on the 9-item shared decision making questionnaire (SDM9Q). The effects of patients' and physicians' demographic and clinical data on the (SDM9Q) score, the effect of patients' cognitive functioning as measured by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment on the SDM9Q score, the relationship of client satisfaction from services with SDM9Q score.
• Data analysis plan:
  Linear Multiple Regression (effect difference).