Scoring collaboRATE
This page describes two methods of scoring collaboRATE.
While preliminary data suggests acceptability of both scoring methods (Barr et al., 2013), we strongly recommend use of the 'Top Score' approach for its interpretability and ability to detect variation in scores across clinicians and clinics.
A collaboRATE Score should only be calculated when all three collaboRATE items have been completed for at least 25 clinical encounters for the particular clinician, clinic, or other group of interest.
We have noted in preliminary testing that ensuring respondent confidentiality is critical to observing variation in scores.
While preliminary data suggests acceptability of both scoring methods (Barr et al., 2013), we strongly recommend use of the 'Top Score' approach for its interpretability and ability to detect variation in scores across clinicians and clinics.
A collaboRATE Score should only be calculated when all three collaboRATE items have been completed for at least 25 clinical encounters for the particular clinician, clinic, or other group of interest.
We have noted in preliminary testing that ensuring respondent confidentiality is critical to observing variation in scores.
collaboRATE Top Score
Categorical or continuous? Continuous
Possible range? 0-100
How to calculate? Exclude cases where a response to one or more of the collaboRATE questions is missing. Code each encounter as either '1', if the response to all three collaboRATE items was 9, or '0' if the response to any of the three collaboRATE items was less than 9. Then, calculate the percentage of all encounters that were coded as '1'. This number is the collaboRATE Score.
How to interpret? Higher scores represent more shared decision making. This number also corresponds to the proportion of patients for whom there was 'gold standard' shared decision making.
Possible range? 0-100
How to calculate? Exclude cases where a response to one or more of the collaboRATE questions is missing. Code each encounter as either '1', if the response to all three collaboRATE items was 9, or '0' if the response to any of the three collaboRATE items was less than 9. Then, calculate the percentage of all encounters that were coded as '1'. This number is the collaboRATE Score.
How to interpret? Higher scores represent more shared decision making. This number also corresponds to the proportion of patients for whom there was 'gold standard' shared decision making.
collaboRATE Mean Score
Categorical or continuous? Continuous
Possible range? 0-9
How to calculate? Exclude cases where a response to one or more of the collaboRATE questions is missing. Calculate the mean of the three collaboRATE responses for each encounter. Then, calculate the mean of all encounters of interest. This number is the collaboRATE Score.
How to interpret? Higher scores represent more shared decision making.
Possible range? 0-9
How to calculate? Exclude cases where a response to one or more of the collaboRATE questions is missing. Calculate the mean of the three collaboRATE responses for each encounter. Then, calculate the mean of all encounters of interest. This number is the collaboRATE Score.
How to interpret? Higher scores represent more shared decision making.