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Published on: February 16, 2011
Caregiver Perceptions of Clinical Decision-Making for the Treatment of Children
1Center for the Protection of Children, Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA. ballen1@hmc.psu.edu.
Abstract:
Many sources of information impact one's clinical decision-making (CDM) (e.g. clinical intuition, previous experience, research results). Relatively little is known about the clients' perspectives of these factors. The current study is an examination of perceptions of the favorability of various CDM influences held by caregivers of children presenting for mental health treatment (n = 371). Responses to a questionnaire showed that caregivers overwhelmingly favored a treatment decision based on current scientific research, with one's clinical experience being the second most favored influence. Other influences, such as colleague consultation and clinical intuition, were less favorable.
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