Predicting decisional conflict: Anxiety and depression in shared decision making

Emotional distress can be a potential barrier to shared decision making (SDM), yet affect is typically not systematically assessed in medical consultation. We examined whether urological patients report anxiety or depression prior consultation and if emotional predicts decisional conflict thereafter. recruited large sample of outpatients (N = 397) with range different diagnoses (42 % oncological). Prior consultation, filled questionnaires, including the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale. After completed Decisional Conflict scored rate our conducted multiple regression analysis examine before About quarter reported values at above cut-off for clinically relevant distress. significantly predicted higher degree conflict. There were no differences between without uro-oncological diagnosis. common urology – oncological as well non-oncological. It after physician should clinical consultations. This may improve process outcome SDM.