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The assessment of patient involvement across consultation. The Italian version of the Option Scale*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2011

Claudia Goss ,
Silvia Fontanesi ,
Maria Angela Mazzi ,
Lidia Del Piccolo  and
Michela Rimondini
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Summary

Aim – To present the Italian version of the OPTION (observing patient involvement) rating scale, developed in UK by Elwyn et al. (2005), and its psychometric characteristics, together with some findings when applied on the consultations transcripts of a group of Italian General Practitioners. Methods – The OPTION scale assesses the extent to which clinicians involve patients in decisions and consists of 12 items to be rated on a 5 point scale (from 0 - behaviour not observed to 4 -high standard). The scale was applied to 235 transcripts of audiotaped consultations conducted by 6 male GPs. Interrater and test-retest reliability and internal validity indices were calculated on a subsample of 30 transcripts. Results – The Italian language version of OPTION showed good psychometric properties, similar to those reported for the original version. The ratings obtained for 235 consultations showed for each OPTION item a skewed distribution: the majority of scores (> 70%) were between 0 (behaviour absent) and 2 (minimum skill level). Conclusions – The Italian language version of OPTION seems a reliable instrument to assess patient involvement in primary care settings also in Italy. The clustering of low scores confirms previous findings that clinicians without a specific training obtain very low levels of patient involvement in the decision making process.

Declaration of Interest: None.

Keywords

patient involvementshared decision makingpsychometric characteristicscommunication
Type
Original Articles
Information
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , December 2007 , pp. 339 - 349
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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Footnotes

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Il manuale e il pacchetto per la formazione sono disponibili, contattando direttamente il professor Glyn Elwyn (elwyng@cardiff.ac.uk), per quanto riguarda lo strumento nella sua versione originale in lingua inglese. Per quanto riguarda invece lo strumento nella versione italiana, l'utilizzo è sempre vincolato all'autorizzazione del Prof. Elwyn. Il manuale e il pacchetto formativo in italiano sono disponibili a richiesta al primo autore.

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