TY - JOUR T1 - Better patient activation is a precursor to engagement in shared decision making JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs DO - 10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103241 SP - ebnurs-2019-103241 AU - Lisa Kidd Y1 - 2020/02/07 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2020/02/07/ebnurs-2019-103241.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Poon BY, Shortell SM and Rodriguez HP. Patient activation as a pathway to shared decision-making in adults with diabetes or cardiovascular disease. J Gen Intern Med 2019. doi:10.1007/s11606-019-05351-6. [Epub ahead of print 23 Oct 2019].Practitioners and healthcare providers should encourage engagement in shared decision making (SDM) in patients with relatively high levels of activation.Further research would be useful to determine how people low in activation can be supported to engage in SDM and ‘what works, for whom and in what circumstances’.Patient activation, or a patients’ assessment of their understanding, confidence and readiness to manage their own health,1 has been linked with positive health outcomes such as reduced blood pressure, reduced blood glucose levels2 and may be an important precursor to SDM. The relationship between patient activation and SDM, however, is … ER -