Antipsychotic choice: understanding shared decision-making among doctors and patients

Abstract

Background: In deciding pharmacotherapy treatment, doctors have to balance the risks and benefits of treatment, and their preferences may not always align with patient preferences. Aim: A pilot study to explore decision-making regarding treatment with antipsychotic medications among doctors and patients. Methods: A discrete choice experiment (DCE), comprised of systematically structured choice tasks, in which doctors and patients were asked to trade off between attributes of antipsychotic medications, each described in terms of mode of administration, effectiveness (on positive and negative symptoms) and side effect profiles. Participants also ranked different factors that they consider impo..