Assessment of preferences for treatment: validation of a measure.
Systematic measurement of treatment preferences is needed to obtain well-informed preferences. Guided by a conceptualization of treatment preferences, a measure was developed to assess treatment acceptability and preference. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the treatment acceptability and preferences (TAP) measure. The TAP measure contains a description of each treatment under evaluation, items to rate its acceptability, and questions about participants' preferred treatment option. The items measuring treatment acceptability were internally consistent (alpha > .80) and demonstrated validity, evidenced by a one-factor structure and differences in the scores between participants with preferences for particular interventions. The TAP measure has the potential for the assessment of acceptability and preferences for various behavioral interventions.
Sidani
Souraya
S
School of Nursing, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 2K3.
Epstein
Dana R
DR
Bootzin
Richard R
RR
Moritz
Patricia
P
Miranda
Joyal
J
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