Adapting Scott and Bruce’s General Decision-Making Style Inventory to Patient Decision Making in Provider Choice
Autor: | Sebastian Gurtner, Katja Soyez, Sophia Fischer |
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Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Physician-Patient Relations
decision-making style patient choice scale development and adaption Psychometrics business.industry Health Policy Patient choice Decision Making Applied psychology Entscheidungsstil Wahl des Patienten Entwicklung und Anpassung von Maßstäben Decision Support Techniques decision-making style Style (sociolinguistics) Germany Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Joints ddc:610 Artificial intelligence Factor Analysis Statistical Psychology business Delivery of Health Care scale development and adaption patient choice |
Zdroj: | Medical Decision Making 35(2015)4, 525-532 |
ISSN: | 1552-681X 0272-989X |
DOI: | 10.1177/0272989x15575518 |
Popis: | Objective. Research testing the concept of decision-making styles in specific contexts such as health care–related choices is missing. Therefore, we examine the contextuality of Scott and Bruce’s (1995) General Decision-Making Style Inventory with respect to patient choice situations. Methods. Scott and Bruce’s scale was adapted for use as a patient decision-making style inventory. In total, 388 German patients who underwent elective joint surgery responded to a questionnaire about their provider choice. Confirmatory factor analyses within 2 independent samples assessed factorial structure, reliability, and validity of the scale. Results. The final 4-dimensional, 13-item patient decision-making style inventory showed satisfactory psychometric properties. Data analyses supported reliability and construct validity. Besides the intuitive, dependent, and avoidant style, a new subdimension, called “comparative” decision-making style, emerged that originated from the rational dimension of the general model. Conclusions. This research provides evidence for the contextuality of decision-making style to specific choice situations. Using a limited set of indicators, this report proposes the patient decision-making style inventory as valid and feasible tool to assess patients’ decision propensities. |
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