Resumen:
One of the most recent goals of health programmes in many countries is developing a person-centred
healthcare model; however, strategies to implement it are still scarce, especially in health contexts such
as preventive medicine. In the context of screening programmes, Shared Decision Making (SDM) can be
a good alternative. Research has been carried out in Spain to understand both the local and international
situation through systematic reviews and initiatives ranging from: the creation of Decision Aid (DA)
support tools; the measuring of their effects on users¿ knowledge of the screening risks and benefits;
the writing of manuals for healthcare professionals; the assessment of the patient¿s satisfaction in this
type of relationship with the healthcare professional and, the efficiency of including SDM in a new way
of conducting the screening programme. Nevertheless, efforts have not ensured yet its applicability as a
routine practice in the clinical encounter and therefore, innovations and studies are still being conducted
to make it real.
