Maria-Margarita Becerra-Perez|Matthew Menear|Stéphane Turcotte|Michel Labrecque|France Légaré
More primary care patients regret health decisions if they experienced decisional conflict in the consultation: a secondary analysis of a multicenter descriptive study
Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise|Université Laval|Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise|Université Laval|Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise|Université Laval|Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise|Université Laval|Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise|Université Laval
sought estimate extent decision regret among primary care patients identify risk factors associated regret secondary analysis observational descriptive study conducted two canadian provinces unique patientphysician dyads recruited 17 primary care clinics data patient physician consultation characteristics collected immediately consultations well two weeks postconsultation patients completed decision regret scale drs examined drs score distribution performed ordinal logistic regression analysis identify predictors regret among 258 unique patientphysicians dyads mean standard deviation decision regret scores 117 151 100 overall 43 patients reported regret 45 reported mild regret 12 reported moderate strong regret multivariate analyses higher decision regret strongly associated increased decisional conflict less significantly associated patient age education well male vs female physicians residents vs teachers consulting family physicians primary care patients experience little decision regret experience regret decisional conflict strategies reducing decisional conflict primary care shared decisionmaking decision aids seem warranted