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NCT Number: NCT07589673

Development and Evaluation of an Online Shared Decision-Making Educational Program for Nurses and Patients With Chronic Diseases

This study aims to develop and evaluate an online shared decision-making (SDM) educational program for nurses and patients with chronic diseases. Shared decision-making is a process in which healthcare professionals and patients make health-related decisions together based on the best available evidence and the patient's values and preferences. The study includes an evaluation phase. In the evaluation phase, the program will be tested among nurses working in general hospitals and adults with chronic diseases living in the community. Outcomes related to shared decision-making will be assessed at baseline, immediately after the 4-week program, and 1 month later. The study is expected to improve shared decision-making competence, experience, and preparedness among both nurses and patients.

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Key information

Conditions

Chronic Disease Disease Attributes Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Shared Decision-making

Age range

19 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Chungnam National University

Daejeon, 35015, South Korea

Location status: Recruiting

About this study

Shared decision-making is a key component of patient-centered care and is particularly important in chronic disease management, where patients often face repeated decisions about treatment options, symptom management, lifestyle modification, and long-term care. Effective shared decision-making requires healthcare professionals and patients to exchange information, consider available options, and make decisions that reflect both clinical evidence and patient values and preferences. Nurses play an important role in chronic disease care by providing education, coordinating communication, and supporting patient participation in health-related decision-making. Patients with chronic diseases also need support to understand their options, clarify their values, and participate actively in decisions about their care. However, structured educational opportunities to strengthen shared decision-making competence are limited for both nurses and patients. This study will develop an online shared decision-making educational program for nurses and patients with chronic diseases and will evaluate its effectiveness in two parallel sub-studies. For nurses, the study will be conducted as a cluster-randomized pretest-posttest controlled trial in general hospitals in Daejeon and Chungcheong-do, Republic of Korea. Hospitals will serve as clusters, and one hospital will be assigned to the intervention group and the other to the control group by coin toss conducted by a third researcher who is not involved in study implementation or data analysis. For patients with chronic diseases, the study will be conducted as a cluster-randomized pretest-posttest controlled trial in community health and welfare institutions. Institutions will serve as clusters and will be assigned in a 1:1 ratio to intervention or control conditions using a computer-generated random allocation sequence prepared by a third researcher not involved in study implementation or data analysis. The intervention will consist of a 4-week online SDM educational program delivered through a web-based platform. Nurses in the intervention group will receive an online program consisting of 12 educational videos. Patients in the intervention group will receive an online program consisting of 5 educational videos. Control participants will receive comparison materials according to the study protocol. Outcome measures will be collected at baseline, immediately after the 4-week intervention, and 1 month after the first post-intervention assessment. The study will evaluate whether the program improves shared decision-making-related competence, experience, knowledge, decisional preparedness, and related outcomes in the two target populations.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

for Nurse:

  • Registered nurses currently providing direct patient care in participating general hospitals
  • Able to understand the purpose and procedures of the study and provide informed consent
  • Able to use a computer, tablet, or smartphone to access the online program

Exclusion criteria

for Nurse:

  • Not currently engaged in direct patient care
  • Unable to clearly express willingness to participate
  • Unable to complete the educational program or questionnaires because of technical or language limitations

Inclusion criteria

for Patients:

  • Adults aged 19 years or older living in the community
  • Diagnosed with one or more chronic diseases requiring ongoing management, including but not limited to hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, arthritis, chronic respiratory disease, or cardiovascular disease, with at least 3 months elapsed since diagnosis
  • Able to understand the purpose and procedures of the study and provide informed consent
  • Able to read and respond to survey questions
  • Able to use a computer, tablet, or smartphone to access the online program

Exclusion criteria

for Patients:

  • Cognitive impairment or communication problems that make participation difficult
  • Unable to complete the educational program or questionnaires because of technical or language limitations

Treatment and study plan

Online Shared Decision-Making Educational Program for Nurses

Behavioral

The nurse program is a 4-week web-based shared decision-making educational program for nurses working in general hospitals. It is designed to enhance nurses' knowledge and skills in shared decision-making, decision support, and patient communication through self-directed online learning.

Online Shared Decision-Making Educational Program for Patients With Chronic Diseases

Behavioral

The patient program is a 4-week web-based shared decision-making educational program for adults with chronic diseases. It is designed to support patients in participating in shared decision-making by helping them prepare for decisions, explore options, and clarify their values and preferences.

General Communication Education for Nurses

Behavioral

The control condition consists of access to publicly available communication-related educational materials, such as those provided by the Nursing Human Resources Employment Education Center.

General Health Information for Patients With Chronic Diseases

Behavioral

The control condition consists of access to publicly available health management information, such as that provided by the National Health Information Portal.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in nurses' shared decision-making competence

    Time frame: Baseline, immediately after the 4-week intervention, and 1 month after the first post-intervention assessment

    Nurses' shared decision-making competence will be assessed using a shared decision-making competence scale for nurses. The scale consists of 26 items with total scores ranging from 26 to 130. Higher scores indicate greater shared decision-making competence. Changes in scores from baseline to each follow-up assessment will be compared between the intervention and control groups.

  2. Change in patients' shared decision-making experience

    Time frame: Baseline, immediately after the 4-week intervention, and 1 month after the first post-intervention assessment

    Patients' shared decision-making experience will be assessed using the Shared Decision-Making Questionnaire-9 items(SDM-Q-9). The SDM-Q-9 consists of 9 items, with total raw scores ranging from 0 to 45. Higher scores indicate a greater level of patient-perceived shared decision-making. Changes in scores from baseline to each follow-up assessment will be compared between the intervention and control groups.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in nurses' shared decision-making experience

    Time frame: Baseline, immediately after the 4-week intervention, and 1 month after the first post-intervention assessment

    Nurses' perceived shared decision-making practice will be assessed using the Shared Decision-Making Questionnaire-Physician version(SDM-Q-Doc). The SDM-Q-Doc consists of 9 items, with total raw scores ranging from 0 to 45. Higher scores indicate a greater level of clinician-perceived shared decision-making. Changes in scores across assessment points will be compared between the intervention and control groups.

  2. Change in patients' decisional conflict

    Time frame: Baseline, immediately after the 4-week intervention, and 1 month after the first post-intervention assessment

    Patients' decisional conflict will be assessed using the Decision Conflict Scale(DCS) Korean version. Scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating greater decisional conflict. Therefore, lower scores indicate a better outcome. Changes in scores across assessment points will be compared between the intervention and control groups.

  3. Change in shared decision-making knowledge

    Time frame: Baseline and immediately after the 4-week intervention

    Shared decision-making knowledge and understanding of the educational content will be assessed using pre- and post-program quizzes developed for each study population. For nurses, the quiz consists of 24 items, and the number of correct answers will range from 0 to 24. For patients, the quiz consists of 10 items, and the number of correct answers will range from 0 to 10. A higher number of correct answers indicates greater knowledge and understanding of the educational content. Changes in the number of correct answers from baseline to post-intervention will be compared between the intervention and control groups.

  4. Preparation for decision making after the intervention

    Time frame: Immediately after the 4-week intervention and 1 month after the first post-intervention assessment

    Preparation for decision making will be assessed using the Preparation for Decision Making(PrepDM), including the practitioner version for nurses and the participant version for patients, as applicable. Scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating a higher perceived level of preparation for decision making. Scores will be compared between the intervention and control groups after the intervention and at follow-up.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Geunyoung Lee

CONTACT

[email protected]

+82 42-580-8407

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Chungnam National University

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2027
First posted
May 15, 2026
Registry last updated
May 26, 2026

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