Decision analysis for newly diagnosed hypertensive patients: a qualitative investigation

• Published in: Patient education and counseling Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 197 - 203
• Main Authors: Weiss, Marjorie C, Montgomery, Alan A, Fahey, Tom, Peters, Tim J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.05.2004
• Subjects: Aged; Attitude to Health; Choice Behavior; Decision aids; Decision analysis; Decision Support Techniques; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Family Practice - methods; Family Practice - standards; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Status; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - diagnosis; Hypertension - psychology; Hypertension - therapy; Male; Middle Aged; Nursing; Patient Education as Topic - methods; Patient Education as Topic - standards; Patient information; Patient Selection; Physician-Patient Relations; Qualitative Research; Risk Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; Teaching Materials - standards; Videotape Recording - standards; Qualitative research; Hypertension; Patient information; Decision aids; Decision analysis

This study adopted a qualitative approach to explore patients’ views on the usefulness of a decision analytic decision aid (DA). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 newly diagnosed hypertensive patients who had been recruited for a factorial randomised controlled trial of two decision...