Jessie-Lee D McIsaac, Sara F L Kirk, Stefan Kuhle
The Association between Health Behaviours and Academic Performance in Canadian Elementary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
International journal of environmental research and public health
shared decisionmaking sdm integral part patientcentered delivery care maximizing opportunity patients participate decisions related health expectation care delivery nowadays purpose study explore perceptions physicians regard sdm large private hospital network dubai united arab emirates study utilized crosssectional design survey questionnaire assembled capture quantitative qualitative data perception physicians relation sdm survey instrument included three sections first solicited physicians personal professional information second entailed 9item sdm questionnaire sdmq9 third included openended section statistical analysis assessed whether average sdmq9 score differed significantly gender age years experience professional statusgeneralist versus specialist work locationhospitals versus polyclinics nonparametric analysis two independent variables mannwhitney test utilized qualitative data thematically analyzed fifty physicians various specialties participated study 25 gender85 response rate although quantitative data analysis revealed physicians 80 rated quite highly comes sdm qualitative analysis underscored number barriers limited opportunity sdm analysis identified four themes influence acceptability sdm namely physicianspecific physicians extent adopting sdm related belief system perception presence evidence negates need sdm patientrelated eg patients unwillingness involved decisions concerning health contextualenvironmental eg sociocultural impediments relational information asymmetry power gradient influence physician patient relate one another sdm evidencebased management ebm mutually exclusive professional learning development programs targeting caregivers focus consolidation two perspectives encourage healthcare managers leaders translate declared policies actionable initiatives supporting patientcentered care could achieved dedication necessary resources would enable sdm development interventions designed improve health literacy educate patients rights