Table 2 Frequency and percentile of medical residents’ perspectives regarding to the 9-item Shared Decision Making Questionnaire (SDM-Q-Doc, physician version)
Completely disagree | Strongly disagree | Somewhat disagree | Somewhat agree | Strongly agree | Completely agree | P-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male N (%) | Female N (%) | Male N (%) | Female N (%) | Male N (%) | Female N (%) | Male N (%) | Female N (%) | Male N (%) | Female N (%) | Male N (%) | Female N (%) | ||
1. I made clear to my patient that a decision needs to be made | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 5 (5) | 6 (8.7) | 70 (70) | 45 (65.2) | 20 (20) | 16 (23.2) | 4 (4) | 2 (2.9) | 0.732 |
2. I wanted to know exactly from my patient how he/she wants to be involved in making the decision | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (5) | 2 (2.9) | 66 (66) | 44 (63.8) | 26 (26) | 22 (31.9) | 3 (3) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.710 |
3. I told my patient that there are different options for treating his/her medical condition | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (7) | 5 (7.2) | 64 (64) | 37 (53.6) | 25 (36.2) | 27 (27) | 2 (2.9) | 2 (2.0) | 0.510 |
4. I precisely explained the advantages and disadvantages of the treatment options to my patient | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 3 (3) | 4 (5.8) | 10 (10) | 5 (7.2) | 54 (54) | 38 (55.1) | 31 (31) | 20 (29) | 1 (1) | 2 (2.9) | 0.746 |
5. I helped my patient understand all the information | 2 (2) | 2 (2.9) | 4 (4) | 5 (7.2) | 15 (15) | 7 (10.1) | 46 (46) | 32 (46.4) | 32 (32) | 23 (33.3) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0.791 |
6. I asked my patient which treatment option he/she prefers | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 5 (7.2) | 42 (42) | 27 (39.1) | 40 (40) | 31 (44.9) | 16 (16) | 5 (7.2) | 1 (1) | 1 (1.4) | 0.117 |
7. My patient and I thoroughly weighed the different treatment options | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 00 (0) | 1 (1.4) | 15 (15) | 10 (14.5) | 65 (65) | 45 (65.2) | 20 (20) | 13 (18.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.686 |
8. My patient and I selected a treatment option together | 0 (0) | 1 (1.4) | 15 (15) | 10 (14.5) | 65 (65) | 45 (65.2) | 20 (20) | 13 (18.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.686 |
9. My patient and I reached an agreement on how to proceed | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (4) | 0 (0) | 2120)) | 11 (15.9) | 64 (64) | 44 (63.8) | 12 (12) | 14 (20.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.175 |