Shared decision-making tools to reduce substance use

Summary of the evidence

Rating: 
  • Unknown effectiveness

Shared decision-making (SDM) as means to involve patients in medical decision- making and matching patients’ preferences to treatments were found in a systematic review without meta-analysis (Friedrichs et al., 2016, 25 studies, N=8 729) to have no effect in:

  • decreasing substance use

Details

Note: this evidence summary is only valid for the outcomes, target groups, settings and substances/patterns of use described below.

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