title: Training patients with schizophrenia to share decisions with their psychiatrists: a randomized-controlled trial.
abstract: Many patients with schizophrenia have a desire for shared decision-making (SDM). However, in clinical practice SDM often does not take place. One cause might be that many patients behave passively in the medical encounter, therefore not facilitating SDM. It was the aim of the study to evaluate the effects of a patient directed SDM-training on patients' communicative behavior in the consultation, their attitudes towards decision-making and their long-term adherence.
  
  
  
  Randomized-controlled trial comparing a five-session SDM-training for inpatients with schizophrenia with five sessions of non-specific group training. The SDM-training sessions included motivational (e.g. prospects of participation, patient rights) and behavioral aspects (e.g. role plays) and addressed important aspects of the patient-doctor interaction such as question asking or giving feedback.
  
  
  
  N = 264 patients were recruited in four psychiatric hospitals in Germany. The SDM-training yielded no group differences regarding the main outcome measure (treatment adherence) at 6 and 12 months after discharge. However, there were short-term effects on patients' participation preferences, their wish to take over more responsibility for medical decisions and (according to their psychiatrists' estimate) their behavior in psychiatric consultations.
  
  
  
  While there was no effect regarding treatment adherence, the shared decision-making training for inpatients with schizophrenia has been shown to increase patients' active behavior in psychiatric consultations during their inpatient treatment. When implemented it should be combined with complementary SDM interventions (decision support tools and communication training for professionals) to yield maximum effects.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany. j.hamann@lrz.tum.de.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hamann
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parchmann
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sassenberg
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Katharina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bronner
authors.affiliation: Isar Amper Klinikum München Ost, Haar, Germany.
authors.forename: Margot
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Albus
authors.affiliation: Bezirkskrankenhaus Mainkofen, Deggendorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Alwin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.affiliation: Bezirkskrankenhaus Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoppstock
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kissling
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000193:education*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010358:Patient Participation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012559:Schizophrenia; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adherence; Schizophrenia; Shared decision-making