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Adult nursing
Cross sectional study
Patient participation in surgical treatment decision-making can be measured using a 16-item scale with four distinct dimensions
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  1. Carole Doherty
  1. Department of Health Care Management and Policy, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK
  1. Correspondence to : Dr Carole Doherty, Department of Health Care Management and Policy, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK; c.doherty{at}surrey.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2014-101830

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    Commentary on: Heggland LH, Mikkelsen A, Øgaard T, et al. Measuring patient participation in surgical treatment decision-making from healthcare professionals’ perspective. J Clin Nurs 2014;23:482–91.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed

    Implications for practice and research

    • It should not be assumed that all patients want to be actively involved in decision-making.

    • To enhance our understanding of patient participation and to support its implementation in practice, ethnographic research with patients, including interviews and observations, is required.

    • An exploration of the sphere of informed consent is also required with a view to framing defensible decision-making in this complex area of practice.

    Context

    This paper describes and tests an instrument designed to measure clinicians’ perceptions of how they involve patients in surgical treatment decision-making. The researchers argue that in the context of the various …

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