Measuring healthcare professionals' perceptions of their ability to adopt shared decision making: Translation and psychometric evaluation of the Danish version of the IcanSDM questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Shared  decision making in healthcare is a fundamental right for patients. Healthcare professionals' perception of their own abilities to enable shared decision making is crucial for implementing shared decision making within service. IcanSDM (I can shared decision making) is a brief measure to investigate healthcare professionals' perception of shared decision making approaches to their practices. It was developed in Canada with French and English versions, and recently translated into German. This study aims to adapt the IcanSDM measure for Danish-speaking healthcare professionals, and evaluate its psychometric properties.

Methods

Cultural adaptation and translation based on Beaton et al.'s approach was applied. A forward translation by ten people and a backward

SUBMITTER: Finderup J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11566505 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature