Treatment-related decisional conflict in patients with depressive and anxious disorders

Figures & data

Figure 1 Self-reported treatment preferences according to experienced treatment modality.

Table 1 Percentage of psychiatric patients responding yes to each of the four-item SURE questions by treatment modality experienced

Teatment modality	n	Sure of myself	Understand information*	Risk–benefit ratio**	Encouragement***
Psychotherapy alone	29	79.3	82.8	75.9	86.2
Combined treatment	140	75	69.3	57.1	72.9
Pharmacotherapy alone	152	69.1	46.7	48.7	64.5
Global sample	321	72.6	59.8	54.8	70.1

Notes: Sure of myself: Do you feel sure about the best choice for you?; Understand information: Do you know the benefits and risks of each option?; Risk–benfit ratio: Are you clear about which benefits and risks matter most to you?; Encouragement: Do you have enough support and advice to make a choice?;

* P=0.000,

** P=0.020,

*** P=0.041.

Abbreviation: SURE, Sure of myself, Understand information, Risk–benefit ratio, Encouragement.

Figure 2 Psychiatric patients’ decisional conflict, concordance between preferred and experienced treatment, preferences of participation, and adherence to prescribed treatment.

Abbreviations: ACT, active; COL, collaborative; PAS, passive; MED, medium.

Table 2 Discrimination measures in dimensions of multiple correspondences analysis

Variables	Dimension		Average
	1	2
Time under treatment	0.417	0.074	0.245
Diagnoses	0.289	0.036	0.162
Level of education	0.323	0.040	0.182
Experienced treatment	0.307	0.276	0.292
Agreement	0.005	0.427	0.216
Decisional conflict	0.135	0.222	0.179
Satisfaction	0.035	0.486	0.260
Preferred role	0.199	0.081	0.140
Age group	0.468	0.016	0.242
Total	2.178	1.658	1.918

Figure 3 Dimensional representation of the multiple correspondences analysis of decisional conflict data.

Abbreviations: Dim, dimension; ACM, multiple correspondence analysis.