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. 2022 Nov 19;22:301. doi: 10.1186/s12911-022-02032-z

Table 3.

Provider perceptions of shared decision making with adult patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease or diabetes

Response Measure Question Pre-implementation p-value Post-implementation p-value Treatment by time interaction p-value
CDS UC CDS UC
n = 102 n = 60 n = 78 n = 53
Thinking about your most recent visit with a patient at high CV risk and where you discussed CV risk factors…
1–5 Agree I made clear to my patient that a decision about reducing CV risk needs to be made, n (% Agree) 89 (88.1) 50 (83.3) 0.3927 63 (84.0) 44 (91.7) 0.2176 0.7096
1–5 Agree I wanted to know exactly from my patient how he/she wants to be involved in making that decisions, n (% Agree) 82 (81.2) 43 (71.7) 0.1609 66 (88.0) 36 (75.0) 0.0616 0.7018
1–5 Agree I told my patient that there are different options for reducing his/her CV risk, n (% Agree) 89 (89.0) 54 (90.0) 0.8425 68 (90.7) 43 (89.6) 0.8434 0.7018
1–5 Agree I precisely explained the advantages and disadvantages of treatment options to my patients, n (% Agree) 81 (80.2) 46 (76.7) 0.5955 64 (85.3) 40 (83.3) 0.7646 0.5647
1–5 Agree I helped my patient understand all the information about ways to reduce CV risk, n (% Agree) 80 (79.2) 49 (81.7) 0.7054 60 (80.0) 40 (83.3) 0.6437 0.9470
1–5 Agree I asked my patient which treatment options he/she prefers, n (% Agree) 91 (91.0) 53 (88.3) 0.5862 69 (93.2) 42 (87.5) 0.2793 0.7580
1–5 Agree My patient and I thoroughly weighed the different treatment options, n (% Agree) 72 (71.3) 43 (71.7) 0.9589 59 (79.7) 35 (72.9) 0.3820 0.7181
1–5 Agree My patient and I selected treatment options together, n (% Agree) 87 (86.1) 47 (78.3) 0.1999 72 (96.0) 40 (83.3) 0.0163 0.5045
1–5 Agree My patient and I reached an agreement on how to proceed, n (% Agree) 86 (85.1) 46 (78.0) 0.2487 69 (93.2) 42 (89.4) 0.4498 0.3011
Shared decision-making summary score, Mean ± SD 76.6 ± 13.4 75.2 ± 16.5 0.5527 78.1 ± 12.3 81.1 ± 15.1 0.2407 0.1440

Percentages calculated by combining agree and strongly agree responses from a five-point scale (strongly disagree, disagree, neither agree nor disagree, agree, strongly agree)