MEDICAL DECISION-MAKING IN SITUATIONS THAT OFFER MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVES
MEDICAL DECISION-MAKING IN SITUATIONS THAT OFFER MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVES
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DOI:
10.1001/jama.1995.03520280048038
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发表时间:
1995-01-25
影响因子:
120.7
通讯作者:
SHAFIR, E
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作者:
REDELMEIER, DA;SHAFIR, E
Objective.-To determine whether situations involving multiple options can paradoxically influence people to choose an option that would have been declined if fewer options were available.Design.-Mailed survey containing medical scenarios formulated in one of two versions.Participants.-Two groups of physicians: members of the Ontario College of Family Physicians (response rate=77%; n=287) and neurologists and neurosurgeons affiliated with the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (response rate=84%; n=352). One group of legislators belonging to the Ontario Provincial Parliament (response rate=32%; n=41).Intervention.-The basic version of each scenario presented a choice between two options. The expanded version presented three options: the original two plus a third. The two versions otherwise contained identical information and were randomly assigned.Outcome Measures.-Participants' treatment recommendations.Results.-ln one scenario involving a patient with osteoarthritis, family physicians were less likely to prescribe a medication when deciding between two medications than when deciding about only one medication (53% vs 72%; P