How do physiotherapists include patients’ perspectives into their decision making – cross-sectional study using the Four Habit Coding Scheme
Our results show that there is room for improvement in the application of patient-centered communication in physiotherapy practice although physiotherapists do apply patient-centered communication more than SDM. Patient-centered communication does not guarantee the application of SDM, although a higher level of SDM does indicate a higher degree of patient-centered communication. Practice implications This study offers clinical guidance on how to improve the integration of patient's perspective, values, and preferences in the decision making.
Authors
- Edward Krupat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-0132)
- Thomas Johannes Hoogeboom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2103-419X)
- Philip J. van der Wees (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2881-5159)
- Veerle Y. Siebinga
- Sijmen Hacquebord (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5634-5612)
- Henri Kiers
- Jorn Veenstra
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (NL)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- Dialyse Centrum Groningen (NL)
- Inter-Psy (NL)
- Isala (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Patient Education and Counseling
- Published
- 2026-01-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2026.109478
- Primary Topic
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00