Assessment of preferences for treatment: Validation of a measure

• Published in: Research in nursing & health Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 419 - 431
• Main Authors: Sidani, Souraya, Epstein, Dana R., Bootzin, Richard R., Moritz, Patricia, Miranda, Joyal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.08.2009; Wiley; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Acceptability; Adult; Assessment; Behavior modification; behavioral treatments; Biological and medical sciences; Chronic Disease; chronic insomnia; clinical trial; Disorders of higher nervous function. Focal brain diseases. Central vestibular syndrome and deafness. Brain stem syndromes; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Humans; Interventions; Male; measurement; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Neurology; Nursing; Patient Satisfaction; preference; Preferences; Psychological tests; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; reliability; Reproducibility of Results; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - therapy; Surveys and Questionnaires; treatment attributes; Treatment preferences; Validation; Validation studies; validity; Nervous system diseases; Acceptance; Sleep disorder; treatment attributes; behavioral treatments; measurement; acceptability; Test validation; Validity; Chronic; Treatment; Insomnia; Preference; chronic insomnia; Clinical trial; Behavior; Neurological disorder; Reliability; Public health
• ISSN: 0160-6891; 1098-240X
• DOI: 10.1002/nur.20329

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. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 32: 419–431, 2009