Lyndal Trevena

TL;DR: Decision aids reduced the proportion of undecided participants and appeared to have a positive effect on patient-clinician communication, and those exposed to a decision aid were either equally or more satisfied with their decision, the decision-making process, and the preparation for decision making compared to usual care.

TL;DR: Although many clinicians feel they already use shared decision making, research shows a perception-reality gap and A M Stiggelbout and colleagues discuss why it is important and highlight some best practices.

TL;DR: The revised three-talk model of shared decision making depicts conversational steps, initiated by providing support when introducing options, followed by strategies to compare and discuss trade-offs, before deliberation based on informed preferences.

TL;DR: Current “best practices” in communication of evidence-based numeric outcomes for developers of patient decision aids (PtDAs) and other health communication tools are summarized.

TL;DR: It is found that participants with different education conceptualised their involvement in decision making in diverse ways, and the important role of the patient-practitioner relationship in the process of decision making is highlighted.