Current Status of Shared Decision-Making in Intraocular Lens Selection for Cataract Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Study

Jingyao Dai,1 Yiting Hua,1 Yijie Chen,1 Jiali Huang,1 Xiaoxian Zhang,1 Yiwen Sun,1 Chen Chen,1 Yanyan Chen,2 Kaijing Zhou2 1School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China; 2National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yanyan Chen; Kaijing Zhou, Email cyy@eye.ac.cn; zhoukaijing@wmu.edu.cnPurpose: To explore 1) the level of shared decision-making (SDM) participation in intraocular lens (IOL) selection in cataract patients and the factors that influence this participation and 2) the relationships between preparation for decision-making (PrepDM)and the level of SDM participation and satisfaction with the decision (SWD). Provide guidance for improving SDM in ophthalmology.Patients and Methods: 176 cataract patients were asked to complete the PrepDM scale, the 9-item Shared Decision Making Questionnaire (SDM-Q-9) and the SWD instrument in IOL decision-making process. Multiple linear regression was used to analyze the influencing factors of the level of SDM. The Process program and bootstrap sampling method was used to test whether the level of participation in SDM was a mediating variable among the three.Results: The SDM-Q-9 median score was 77.78 (IQR 31.11– 88.89). Patients with a history of surgery in the operative eye (P=0.022) or PrepDM < 60 points (P< 0.001) had lower SDM-Q-9 scores than patients with no history of surgery in the operative eye or PrepDM ≥ 60 points. Patients with an education level lower than primary school had lower SDM-Q-9 scores than patients with other education levels (P< 0.05). The PrepDM of cataract patients was positively correlated with the level of SDM (r=0.768, P< 0.001) and with the SWD (r=0.727, P< 0.001), and the level of SDM was positively correlated with the SWD (r=0.856, P< 0.001). The level of SDM fully mediated PrepDM and SDW, wi