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. 2014 Jan 31;29(6):844–849. doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-2765-5

Table 2.

Mean Baseline and Post-Intervention Scores for Shared Decision Making (SDM) Training and Control Groups and Post-Intervention Between-Group Differences for All Outcome Measures

Outcome measure Baseline scores Post-intervention scores Post-intervention between-group mean difference, adjusted for baseline (95 % CI) p value
mean (SD) mean (SD)
SDM Control SDM Control
OPTION Scale* 30.9 (9.5) 29.2 (9.5) 49.1 (19.7) 29.9 (14.4) 18.9 (12.4 to 25.4) < 0.001
ACEPP † 3.2 (1.1) 3.1 (0.9) 4.1 (1.0) 3.1 (1.2) 0.9 (0.5 to 1.3) < 0.001
PPOS Sharing (Q1-9) ‡ 4.4 (0.6) 4.2 (0.5) 4.5 (0.6) 4.0 (0.5) 0.2 (0.1 to 0.5) 0.002
PPOS Caring (Q10-18) ‡ 3.9 (0.5) 3.8 (0.5) 3.9 (0.5) 3.7 (0.6) 0.08 (-0.09 to 0.3) 0.4
Confidence § 74.1 (16.5) 73.1 (16.4) 87.8 (12.1) 74.5 (17.9) 13.1 (8.5 to 17.7) < 0.001

* Observing Patient Involvement Scale: score transformed to 0-100, with higher scores indicating a higher skill level

† Assessing Communication About Evidence and Patient Preferences: score range 0 to 5, with higher scores indicating higher skill level

‡ Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale: score range 1 to 6, with higher scores indicating stronger agreement with the statement

§ Confidence questionnaire: score range 11 to 110, with higher scores indicating a higher level of confidence