title: Shared decision making in contraceptive counseling.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Shared decision making (SDM) is a potentially valuable but underexplored approach to contraceptive counseling.
  
  
  METHODS
  We determined the correlation between patient report of SDM and of whether their provider had a method preference with measures of satisfaction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women reporting SDM were more likely to be satisfied with counseling than those reporting a provider-driven decision and were more likely to be satisfied with their method than those reporting a patient-driven decision. Patients who felt that the provider had a method preference were less likely to be satisfied with their method.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SDM in contraceptive counseling is associated with patient satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: UCSF Department of Family & Community Medicine, 1001 Potrero Ave., San Francisco, CA, USA 94110; UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences, 1001 Potrero Ave., San Francisco, CA, USA 94110; UCSF Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, 1001 Potrero Ave., San Francisco, CA, USA 94110. Electronic address: christine.dehlendorf@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dehlendorf
authors.affiliation: UCSF Department of Family & Community Medicine, 1001 Potrero Ave., San Francisco, CA, USA 94110. Electronic address: kevin.grumbach@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grumbach
authors.affiliation: Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612. Electronic address: julie.a.schmittdiel@kp.org.
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Schmittdiel
authors.affiliation: UCSF Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, 1001 Potrero Ave., San Francisco, CA, USA 94110. Electronic address: jody.steinauer@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: Jody
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Steinauer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003267:Contraception / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Contraception; Counseling; Patient satisfaction; Shared decision making