Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Shared decision-making in pediatric physical therapy: A qualitative study among adolescents, parents, and physical therapists
Originally published 2026-06-30 · PLOS One
PLOS · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0352677 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Collaboration
How can a teenager participate when a parent and therapist are discussing a plan?
Three groups of participants identify when young people, caregivers and therapists should collaborate on decisions. The paper examines practical barriers to including each voice.
Who was studied?
Adolescents, parents and physical therapists taking part in focus groups about children's physical therapy.
Age / stage: Adolescents aged twelve to eighteen
Read with three questions
- Where do adolescents' priorities differ from those identified by adults?
- How did the researchers move from individual accounts to their interpretation?
- Where in the decision process could the child, the parent and the clinician express different priorities?
Keep the limits in view
The accounts document experiences in the circumstances studied. They cannot establish how common an experience is in the wider population or measure an intervention effect.
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Selina Limmen; Dorinde L Korteling; Manon A T Bloemen; Michiel A J Luijten; Marjolijn Ketelaar; Raoul H H Engelbert; Dirk T Ubbink; Marij A Hillen; Eugene A A Rameckers; Hedy A van Oers; Lotte Haverman; Ali Wagdy Mohamed (2026). Shared decision-making in pediatric physical therapy: A qualitative study among adolescents, parents, and physical therapists PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0352677
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