Chronic diseases have become a major threat to the physical and mental health of children, and effective disease management is especially important for children, families and society. Currently, shared decision-making is receiving widespread attention from the international community, providing a new way of thinking and method for the management of chronic diseases in children. The purpose of this paper is to describe the concepts related to shared decision-making in the field of pediatrics, introduce the theoretical model, implementation content and obstacles of shared decision-making for children with chronic diseases, as well as provide suggestions and outlooks for promoting the implementation of shared decision-making for children with chronic diseases, with a view to providing useful references for the further application of shared decision-making in children with chronic diseases.

Chronic diseases have become a major threat to the physical and mental health of children, and effective disease management is especially important for children, families and society. Currently, shared decision-making is receiving widespread attention from the international community, providing a new way of thinking and method for the management of chronic diseases in children. The purpose of this paper is to describe the concepts related to shared decision-making in the field of pediatrics, introduce the theoretical model, implementation content and obstacles of shared decision-making for children with chronic diseases, as well as provide suggestions and outlooks for promoting the implementation of shared decision-making for children with chronic diseases, with a view to providing useful references for the further application of shared decision-making in children with chronic diseases.