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Rochester Participatory Decision-Making Scale (RPAD): Reliability and Validity
Ann Fam Med Shields et al. 3: 436

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Rochester Participatory Decision-Making Scale (RPAD): Reliability and Validity

By Cleveland G. Shields, PhD, and colleagues
Background: Doctors have been encouraged to adopt a more participatory style, in which patients are directly involved in decisions about their medical treatment. Measuring participatory decision-making in research has been difficult. The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid way to measure the doctors’ behavior in encouraging participatory decision-making.
What this study found : The Rochester Participatory Decision-Making Scale (RPAD) was developed, based on data from a study of doctor-patient communication involving 100 primary care doctors. RPAD assesses the ways in which doctors encourage patients to participate in decision-making.
Implications
• RPAD offers promise as a reliable, valid, and easy-to-use measure of participatory decision-making.





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