Measuring patient activation: the utility of the Patient Activation Measure administered in an interview setting.
Magdalena HolterAlexander AvianMartin WegerSanja StriniMonja MichelitschKatja Brenk-FranzAndreas WedrichAndrea BergholdPublished in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2024)
The read-aloud PAM® survey has been shown to provide to adequate measurement precision and convergent validity to be used as a screening tool in an everyday clinical setting. Objective assessment in an interview setting with the PAM® survey is possible. PAM® items are good in distinguishing lower to middle activated patients, but not patients with high activation. Further, issues with structural validity need more investigation.