Patient and physician shared decision-making behaviors in oncology: Evidence on adequate measurement properties of the iSHARE questionnaires

Hanna Bomhof-Roordink, Anne M Stiggelbout, Fania R Gärtner, Johanneke E A Portielje, Cor D de Kroon, Koen C M J Peeters, Karen J Neelis, Jan Willem T Dekker, Trudy van der Weijden, Arwen H Pieterse*, iSHARE Study group, Liesbeth Boersma, Johannes Buijsen

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: We have developed two Dutch questionnaires to assess the shared decision-making (SDM) process in oncology; the iSHAREpatient and iSHAREphysician. In this study, we aimed to determine: scores, construct validity, test-retest agreement (iSHAREpatient), and inter-rater (iSHAREpatient-iSHAREphysician) agreement.

METHODS: Physicians from seven Dutch hospitals recruited cancer patients, and completed the iSHAREphysician and SDM-Questionnaire-physician version. Their patients completed the: iSHAREpatient, nine-item SDM-Questionnaire, Decisional Conflict Scale, Combined Outcome Measure for Risk communication And treatment Decision-making Effectiveness, and five-item Perceived Efficacy in Patient-Physician Interactions. We formulated, respectively, one (iSHAREphysician) and 10 (iSHAREpatient) a priori hypotheses regarding correlations between the iSHARE questionnaires and questionnaires assessing related constructs. To assess test-retest agreement patients completed the iSHAREpatient again 1-2 weeks later.

RESULTS: In total, 151 treatment decision-making processes with unique patients were rated. Dimension and total iSHARE scores were high both in patients and physicians. The hypothesis on the iSHAREphysician and 9/10 hypotheses on the iSHAREpatient were confirmed. Test-retest and inter-rater agreement were>.60 for most items.

CONCLUSIONS: The iSHARE questionnaires show high scores, have good construct validity, substantial test-retest agreement, and moderate inter-rater agreement.

PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Results from the iSHARE questionnaires can inform both physician- and patient-directed efforts to improve SDM in clinical practice.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1089-1100
Number of pages12
JournalPatient Education and Counseling
Volume105
Issue number5
Early online date28 Aug 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2022

Keywords

  • AGREEMENT
  • COMMUNICATION
  • CONFLICT SCALE
  • COSMIN
  • Construct validity
  • Formative
  • Hypotheses testing
  • Inter-rater agreement
  • MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS
  • METHODOLOGICAL QUALITY
  • Oncology
  • PERCEIVED EFFICACY
  • PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES
  • Questionnaire
  • SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
  • Shared decision-making
  • Test-retest agreement
  • VALIDATION

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