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Semistructured interviews regarding patients’ perceptions of Choosing Wisely and shared decision-making: an Australian study by Allen, Jacqueline; King, Richard; Goergen, Stacy K; Melder, Angela; Neeman, Naama; Hadley, Annemarie; Hutchinson, Alison M is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

## Objectives This study aimed to examine how patients perceive shared decision-making regarding CT scan referral and use of the five Choosing Wisely questions with their general practitioner (GP). ## Design This is a qualitative exploratory study using semistructured interviews. ## Setting This study was conducted in a large metropolitan public healthcare organisation in urban Australia. ## Participants Following purposive sampling, 20 patients and 2 carers participated. Patient participants aged 18 years or older were eligible if they were attending the healthcare organisation for a CT scan and referred by their GP. Carers/family were eligible to participate when they were in the role of an unpaid carer and were aged 18 years or older. Participants were required to speak English sufficiently to provide informed consent. Participants with cognitive impairment were excluded. ## Findings Eighteen interviews were conducted with the patient only. Two interviews were conducted with the patient and the patient’s carer. Fourteen participants were female. Five themes resulted from the thematic analysis: (1) needing to know, (2) questioning doctors is not necessary, (3) discussing scans is

Author

Allen, Jacqueline; King, Richard; Goergen, Stacy K; Melder, Angela; Neeman, Naama; Hadley, Annemarie; Hutchinson, Alison M

Publisher

BMJ; BMJ Publishing Group; London: BMJ Publishing (ISSN 2044-6055)

Published

2019

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)