Background: Multiple sclerosis is a chronic neurological condition usually starting in early adulthood and regularly leading to severe disability. Immunotherapy options are growing in number and complexity, while costs of treatments are high and adherence rates remain low. Therefore, treatment decision-making has become more complex for patients. Structured decision coaching, based on the principles ...

<i>Abstract</i> - Introduction Health information is a prerequisite of informed decision-making. Criteria for development, content and presentation have recently been published in a corresponding guideline. Within a systematic search, 27 relevant checklists were identified, none of them, however, complying with the guideline or providing reasonably operationalised measurement items. Therefore, a ...

Objective: Ready for SDM was developed in Norway as a comprehensive modularized curriculum for health care providers (HCP). The current study evaluated the efficacy of one of the modules, a 2-hour interprofessional SDM training designed to enhance SDM competencies.<p> <p>Methods: A cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted with eight District Psychiatric Centres randomized to wait-list ...

<i>Introduction</i> - While shared decision‐making (SDM) training programmes for health professionals have been developed in several countries, few have been evaluated. In Norway, a comprehensive curriculum, “klar for samvalg” (ready for SDM), for interprofessional health‐care teams was created using generic didactic methods and guidance to tailor training to various contexts. The programmes adapted ...

Norway has traditionally high standards regarding civil rights particularly emphasizing equal access to societal resources including health care. This background and the health care system’s centralized national organization make it perfectly suited for implementation of shared decision making (SDM). In recent years, great efforts have been made by policy- makers, regional health authorities and ...

Sykepleiere må i større grad bidra til å øke kvaliteten på beslutninger som angår pasientens helse. Samvalg skal være det normale i helsetjenesten, og sykepleiere bør derfor få muligheten til å tilegne seg ny kunnskap og utvikle nye ferdigheter. Både i grunnog videreutdanninger samt i spesialist- og primærhelsetjenesten må vi legge vekt på å utvikle sykepleiernes samvalgskompetanse.

Background: Registered nurses play a decisive role in supporting patients to participate in decisions on their own health, also referred to as shared decision-making. Official recommendations and up-to-date knowledge demonstrate that, although shared decision-making is necessary for patients, there are few training programmes within or outside the education system that can meet this need for ...