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Adapting Scott and Bruce’s General Decision-Making Style Inventory to Patient Decision Making in Provider Choice

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  • Sophia Fischer
  • Katja Soyez
  • Sebastian Gurtner

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Objective . Research testing the concept of decision-making styles in specific contexts such as health care–related choices is missing. Therefore, we examine the contextuality of Scott and Bruce’s (1995) General Decision-Making Style Inventory with respect to patient choice situations. Methods . Scott and Bruce’s scale was adapted for use as a patient decision-making style inventory. In total, 388 German patients who underwent elective joint surgery responded to a questionnaire about their provider choice. Confirmatory factor analyses within 2 independent samples assessed factorial structure, reliability, and validity of the scale. Results . The final 4-dimensional, 13-item patient decision-making style inventory showed satisfactory psychometric properties. Data analyses supported reliability and construct validity. Besides the intuitive, dependent, and avoidant style, a new subdimension, called “comparative†decision-making style, emerged that originated from the rational dimension of the general model. Conclusions . This research provides evidence for the contextuality of decision-making style to specific choice situations. Using a limited set of indicators, this report proposes the patient decision-making style inventory as valid and feasible tool to assess patients’ decision propensities.

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  • Sophia Fischer & Katja Soyez & Sebastian Gurtner, 2015. "Adapting Scott and Bruce’s General Decision-Making Style Inventory to Patient Decision Making in Provider Choice," Medical Decision Making, , vol. 35(4), pages 525-532, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:medema:v:35:y:2015:i:4:p:525-532
    DOI: 10.1177/0272989X15575518
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