Shared Decision-Making and Its Correlation with Demographic Characteristics of Iranian Patients
Hadi Mostafaie
Student’s research Committee, Iranian Evidence-Based Medicine center of excellence, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Neda Parniyanfard
Student’s research Committee, Iranian Evidence-Based Medicine center of excellence, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Morteza Ghojazadeh
Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Ariyan Pourmalek
Student’s research Committee, Iranian Evidence-Based Medicine center of excellence, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Kimia Madanlou
Student’s research Committee, Iranian Evidence-Based Medicine center of excellence, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Morteza Abbaspour
Student’s research Committee, Iranian Evidence-Based Medicine center of excellence, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Fariba Pashazadeh
Student’s research Committee, Iranian Evidence-Based Medicine center of excellence, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Sakineh Hajebrahimi
Iranian Evidence-Based Medicine center of excellence, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Ahmad Hajebrahimi *
Iranian Evidence-Based Medicine center of excellence, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Aims: To evaluate relationship between patient age, location and their preference toward partnership in clinical decision making
Place and Duration: A university-based clinic, Tabriz University of medical sciences, Tabriz, Iran from March to September
Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 200 patients were randomly selected for the study. Patients’ demographic indicators and attitude toward partnership with their doctor was assessed by the use of an author-developed questionnaire containing 12 questions. Validity of this questionnaire was previously confirmed. The data was finally collected and analyzed.
Results: Fifty three percent (53%) of patients were male and 47% was female. Mean age was 33.88 (SD=11.35). Of the 200 patients, 66% had tendency toward shared decision making (SDM). There was a positive correlation between higher level of education and SDM in Iranian patients.
Conclusion: We found a trend toward shared decision making among patients. We conclude that raising literacy could change the culture of patient-physician relationship within the country.
Keywords: Shared-decision-making, patient-centeredness, person-centeredness, evidence-based-medicine, developing countries.