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| Title |
Social support plays a role in the attitude that people have towards taking an active role in medical decision-making
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| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, September 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12913-016-1767-x |
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| Authors |
Anne E. M. Brabers, Judith D. de Jong, Peter P. Groenewegen, Liset van Dijk |
| Abstract |
There is a growing emphasis towards including patients in medical decision-making. However, not all patients are actively involved in such decisions. Research has so far focused mainly on the influence of patient characteristics on preferences for active involvement. However, it can be argued that a patient's social context has to be taken into account as well, because social norms and resources affect behaviour. This study aims to examine the role of social resources, in the form of the availability of informational and emotional support, on the attitude towards taking an active role in medical decision-making. A questionnaire was sent to members of the Dutch Health Care Consumer Panel (response 70 %; n = 1300) in June 2013. A regression model was then used to estimate the relation between medical and lay informational support and emotional support and the attitude towards taking an active role in medical decision-making. Availability of emotional support is positively related to the attitude towards taking an active role in medical decision-making only in people with a low level of education, not in persons with a middle and high level of education. The latter have a more positive attitude towards taking an active role in medical decision-making, irrespective of the level of emotional support available. People with better access to medical informational support have a more positive attitude towards taking an active role in medical decision-making; but no significant association was found for lay informational support. This study shows that social resources are associated with the attitude towards taking an active role in medical decision-making. Strategies aimed at increasing patient involvement have to address this. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| Canada | 1 | 20% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 2 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 56 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 55 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 11 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 8 | 14% |
| Unknown | 16 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 14% |
| Psychology | 6 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 7% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 7 | 13% |
| Unknown | 19 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 November 2016.
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#7,514,759
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Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#3,638
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#105,879
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#84
of 195 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 8,412 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 8.2. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 56% of its peers.
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