Table 6.
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 |