Rochester Participatory Decision-Making Scale (RPAD) Descriptive Statistics
| Frequency and Percentage* | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Mean† | SD | 0 | ¼ | ½ | ¾ | 1 |
| * In this table, the frequency is per 100 cases, so percentage is equal to frequency. | |||||||
| † Items for the RPAD were scored 0, ½, and 1, averaged over 2 cases. | |||||||
| 1. Explain the clinical issue | 0.89 | 0.18 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 69 |
| 2. Discuss uncertainties | 0.20 | 0.25 | 53 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 1 |
| 3. Clarify agreement | 0.57 | 0.14 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 23 | 3 |
| 4. Examine barriers | 0.02 | 0.09 | 93 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. Patients asked questions | 0.49 | 0.11 | 2 | 6 | 89 | 2 | 1 |
| 6. Physician’s medical language | 0.55 | 0.15 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 20 | 2 |
| 7. Physician asks, Any questions? | 0.25 | 0.29 | 46 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 3 |
| 8. Physician asks open-ended questions | 0.07 | 0.18 | 84 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 9. Physician checks understanding | 0.10 | 0.21 | 77 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 |