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Table 1 Decision attitude scale and additional study questions. Responses were a 5-item Likert Scale (Strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, strongly disagree)

From: Perceptions of hospitalized patients and their surrogate decision makers on dialysis initiation: a pilot study

Decision attitude scale

 I had no problem using the information

 I am comfortable with my decision

 The information was easy to understand

 I wish someone else had made the decision for me

 It was difficult to make a choice

 I am satisfied with my decision

 My decision is sound

 More information would help

 My decision is the right one for my situationa

 Consulting someone else would have been useful

Additional study questions

 Signing the consent form was mainly to protect the hospital

 Signing the consent form was a waste of time

 I feel like I had a choice in making this decision

 Going through the process of consent for dialysis was important to me

  1. a This is the original wording of the Decision Attitude Scale (DAS). When the study participant was a surrogate decision-maker (as opposed to the patient), this statement was modified to read, “My decision is the right one for the situation”
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BMC Nephrology

ISSN: 1471-2369

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