Translation and Psychometric Evaluation in Cancer Care of the German Version of collaboRATE^TM-a 3-item Patient-reported Measure of Shared Decision-Making.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The collaboRATE^TM measure assesses the shared decision-making process from patients' perspective with three items. Because of its shortness, it is especially feasible in routine care. It was developed in English and has been translated into several languages. This study aimed to translate collaboRATE into German, test its comprehensibility and evaluate its psychometric properties.

Methods

Translation followed the TRAPD protocol. Comprehensibility was tested in cognitive interviews with lay people (N = 18). Psychometric properties were evaluated in a secondary analysis of a sample of 1703 patients with cancer. They rated the collaboRATE items to assess their care experience in general at the respective department of one large university medical centre.

SUBMITTER: Hahlweg P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11968779 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature