Table 1.

 Inter‐rater agreement for subscales 1–5 and total

Subscales	Item number	Average kappa	Correlation coefficient
1. Establishing physician – patient team	1.1–1.16	0.644	0.841
2. Following a Consultation pathway – standard treatment	2.1–2.6	0.486	0.695
3. Providing information about standard treatment	2.1.1–2.1.3 + 2.3.1a–2.3.1c	0.541	0.855
4. Promoting clarity	3.1–3.7	0.541	0.802
5. Avoiding coercion	4.2.1–4.2.5	0.594	0.773
Total		0.584	0.844

*40/45 Kappa calculations reached significance P < 0.05.