Bmc Fam Pract
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
More primary care patients regret health decisions if they experienced decisional conflict in the consultation: a secondary analysis of a multicenter descriptive study.
We sought to estimate the extent of decision regret among primary care patients and identify risk factors associated with regret. ⋯ After consulting family physicians, most primary care patients experience little decision regret, but some experience more regret if there is decisional conflict. Strategies for reducing decisional conflict in primary care, such as shared decision-making with decision aids, seem warranted.