Developing and Pilot Testing a Spanish Translation of CollaboRATE for Use in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aim

Given the need for access to patient-facing materials in multiple languages, this study aimed to develop and pilot test an accurate and understandable translation of CollaboRATE, a three-item patient-reported measure of shared decision-making, for Spanish-speaking patients in the United States (US).

Method

We followed the Translate, Review, Adjudicate, Pre-test, Document (TRAPD) survey translation protocol. Cognitive interviews were conducted with Spanish-speaking adults within an urban Massachusetts internal medicine clinic. For the pilot test, all patients with weekday appointments between May 1 and May 29, 2015 were invited to complete CollaboRATE in either English or Spanish upon exit. We calculated the proportion of respondents giving the best score possi

SUBMITTER: Forcino RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5176178 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature