Journal
MEDICAL DECISION MAKING
Volume 39, Issue 4, Pages 315-326Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X19851346
Keywords
Shared Decision Making; Decisional Conflict Scale; decisional conflict; measurement; scoping review
Funding
- Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Shared Decision-Making and Knowledge Translation at Universite Laval
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) [MFE-140842, CRD42014013556]
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Background. We explored decisional conflict as measured with the 16-item Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS) and how it varies across clinical situations, decision types, and exposure to decision support interventions (DESIs). Methods. An exhaustive scoping review was conducted using backward citation searches and keyword searches. Eligible studies were published between 1995 and March 2015, used an original experimental/observational research design, concerned a health-related decision, and provided DCS data. Dyads independently screened titles/abstracts and full texts, and extracted data. We performed narrative syntheses and calculated average or median DCS scores. Results. We included 246 articles reporting on 253 studies. DCS scores ranged from 2.4 to 89.6 out of 100. Highest baseline DCS scores were for care planning (30.5 +/- 12.8, median = 30.9) and treatment decisions (30.5 +/- 14.6, median = 28.0), in contexts of primary care (33.8 +/- 19.8), obstetrics/gynecology (28.8 +/- 10.4), and geriatrics (32.6 +/- 10.7). Baseline scores were high among decision makers who were ill (29.5 +/- 13.8, median = 27.2) or making decisions for themselves (29.7 +/- 14.8, median = 26.9). Total DCS scores <25 out of 100 were associated with implementing decisions. Without DESIs, DCS scores tended to increase shortly after decision making (>37.4). After DESI use, DCS scores decreased short-term but increased or remained the same long-term (>6 months). Conclusions. DCS scores were highest at baseline and decreased after decision making. DESIs decreased decisional conflict immediately after decision making. The largest improvements after DESIs were in decision makers who were ill, male, or made decisions for themselves. Meta-analyses focusing on decision types, contexts, and interventions could inform hypotheses about the expected effects of DESIs, the best timing for measurement, and interpretation of DCS scores.
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