Table 6.

Means, standard deviation, skewness, item difficulty, acceptance and item discrimination of the German IcanSDM (n = 242 healthcare professionals)

	Items	Mean (SD)	Skewness	Item difficulty	Acceptance (Completion rate in %)	Item discrimination (corrected item-total correlation)
1	Shared decision-making results in longer clinical encounters.	7.08 (1.97)	−.797	70.85	99.59	.200
2	Patients often prefer that the clinician makes the decision.	4.64 (2.21)	.071	46.44	99.18	.347
3	Shared decision-making does not apply to all patients, nor does it apply to all clinical situations.	6.13 (3.16)	−.5	61.25	99.59	.257
4	Communicating scientific data to patients is too complex.	4.94 (2.76)	−.106	49.39	99.18	.475
5	Shared decision-making takes up too many resources.	4.75 (2.72)	.046	47.47	99.59	.459
6	Shared decision-making is inconsistent with clinical practice guidelines.	2.58 (2.25)	1.00	25.79	97.94	.256
7	Shared decision-making is just a passing trend.	2.16 (2.16)	1.25	21.63	97.94	.389
8	During shared decision-making, the patient becomes aware of the uncertainty associated with interventions and might become confused.	3.97 (2.53)	.152	39.70	98.77	.383