Patient perceptions of shared decision-making in minor injury care
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Patient perceptions of shared decision-making in minor injury care
IRAS ID
179871
Contact name
Steve Goodacre
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
Shared decision-making is an alternative to traditional medical decision-making in which the patient is involved and decisions regarding patient care are made jointly by the clinician and patient. Shared decision-making has not been studied very much in emergency care but it could be applied to minor injury care. Decisions such as whether to perform an X-ray or stitch a wound may depend upon patient values and preferences.
This study will explore what patients with minor injuries think about shared decision-making in minor injury care. It will be undertaken by a medical student as part of an educational degree. The medical student will interview around 20 people who have attended hospital with a minor injury. He will explore whether the patient was involved in decision-making regarding their care, whether they would like to have been involved and what they thought of the process. He will then explore their general views on shared decision-making to identify the advantages and disadvantages, along with any barriers to patient involvement in decision-making.
The student will be supervised by a consultant in emergency medicine and a researcher from the University of Sheffield. He will audiotape the interviews and then analyse what people say to draw lessons for the potential use of shared decision-making in emergency care.
REC name
West Midlands - South Birmingham Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/WM/0192
Date of REC Opinion
21 May 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion