Effectiveness of the DECIDE interventions on shared decision making and perceived quality of care in behavioral health with multicultural patients a randomized clinical trial

Margarita Alegria, Ora Nakash, Kirsten Johnson, Andrea Ault-Brutus, Nicholas Carson, Mirko Fillbrunn, Ye Wang, Alice Cheng, Treniece Harris, Antonio Polo, Alisa Lincoln, Elmer Freeman, Benjamin Bostdorf, Marcos Rosenbaum, Claudia Epelbaum, Martin LaRoche, Ebele Okpokwasili-Johnson, Ma Jose Carrasco, Patrick E. Shrout

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Abstract

IMPORTANCE Few randomized clinical trials have been conducted with ethnic/racial minorities to improve shared decision making (SDM) and quality of care. OBJECTIVE To test the effectiveness of patient and clinician interventions to improve SDM and quality of care among an ethnically/racially diverse sample. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This cross-level 2 × 2 randomized clinical trial included clinicians at level 2 and patients (nested within clinicians) at level 1 from 13 Massachusetts behavioral health clinics. Clinicians and patients were randomly selected at each site in a 1:1 ratio for each 2-person block. Clinicians were recruited starting September 1, 2013; patients, starting November 3, 2013. Final data were collected on September 30, 2016. Data were analyzed based on intention to treat. INTERVENTIONS The clinician intervention consisted of a workshop and as many as 6 coaching telephone calls to promote communication and therapeutic alliance to improve SDM. The 3-session patient intervention sought to improve SDM and quality of care. MAIN OUTCOMESAND MEASURES The SDM was assessedby a blinded coder based onclinical recordings, patient perception of SDM and quality of care, and clinician perception of SDM. RESULTS Of 312 randomized patients, 212 (67.9%) were female and 100 (32.1%) were male; mean (SD) age was 44.0 (15.0) years. Of 74 randomized clinicians, 56 (75.7%) were female and 18 (4.3%) were male; mean (SD) age was 39.8 (12.5) years. Patient-clinician pairs were assigned to 1 of the following 4 design arms: patient and clinician in the control condition (n = 72), patient in intervention and clinician in the control condition (n = 68), patient in the control condition and clinician in intervention (n = 83), or patient and clinician in intervention (n = 89). All pairs underwent analysis. The clinician intervention significantly increased SDM as rated by blinded coders using the 12-item Observing Patient Involvement in Shared Decision Making instrument (b = 4.52; SE = 2.17; P =.04; Cohen d = 0.29) but not as assessed by clinician or patient. More clinician coaching sessions (dosage) were significantly associated with increased SDM as rated by blinded coders (b = 12.01; SE = 3.72; P =.001; Cohen d = 0.78). The patient intervention significantly increased patient-perceived quality of care (b = 2.27; SE = 1.16; P =.05; Cohen d = 0.19). There was a significant interaction between patient and clinician dosage (b = 7.40; SE = 3.56; P =.04; Cohen d = 0.62), with the greatest benefit when both obtained the recommended dosage. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE The clinician intervention could improve SDM with minority populations, and the patient intervention could augment patient-reported quality of care.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)325-335
Number of pages11
JournalJAMA Psychiatry
Volume75
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2018

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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