Table 2.

Item content of the OPTION Scale

1	Drawing attention to an identified problem that requires a decision‐making process
2	Disclosing that there is more than one way to deal with the identified problem
3	Assessing the patient's preferred approach to receiving information
4	Listing options
5	Explaining the pros and cons of the options
6	Exploring the patient's expectations
7	Exploring the patient's concerns
8	Checking that the patient's understanding of the information
9	Offering the patient explicit opportunities to ask questions
10	Eliciting the patient's preferred level of involvement in decision‐making
11	Indicating the need for a decision‐making stage
12	Indicating the need to review the decision