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Published in: Implementation Science 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Research

Peering into the black box: a meta-analysis of how clinicians use decision aids during clinical encounters

Authors: Kirk D Wyatt, Megan E Branda, Ryan T Anderson, Laurie J Pencille, Victor M Montori, Erik P Hess, Henry H Ting, Annie LeBlanc

Published in: Implementation Science | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Objective

To quantify the extent to which clinicians use clinically-efficacious decision aids as intended during implementation in practice and how fidelity to usage instructions correlates with shared decision making (SDM) outcomes.

Methods

Participant-level meta-analysis including six practice-based randomized controlled trials of SDM in various clinical settings encompassing a range of decisions.

Results

Of 339 encounters in the SDM intervention arm of the trials, 229 were video recorded and available for analysis. The mean proportion of fidelity items observed in each encounter was 58.4% (SD = 23.2). The proportion of fidelity items observed was significantly associated with patient knowledge (p = 0.01) and clinician involvement of the patient in decision making (p <0.0001), while no association was found with patient decisional conflict or satisfaction with the encounter.

Conclusion

Clinicians’ fidelity to usage instructions of point-of-care decision aids in randomized trials was suboptimal during their initial implementation in practice, which may have underestimated the potential efficacy of decision aids when used as intended.
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Metadata
Title
Peering into the black box: a meta-analysis of how clinicians use decision aids during clinical encounters
Authors
Kirk D Wyatt
Megan E Branda
Ryan T Anderson
Laurie J Pencille
Victor M Montori
Erik P Hess
Henry H Ting
Annie LeBlanc
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Implementation Science / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1748-5908
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-9-26

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