Empowering Monterey Bay Residents for Activated, Collaborative, and Equitable Care

Patient activation using the "Patient Activation Measure" survey

Each patient will receive a validated patient activation survey using the "Patient Activation Measure" at enrollment and 3 months after study enrollment. This is a validated measure from Insignia Health. Responses are: disagree strongly, disagree, agree, agree strongly with higher activation correlated with responses of agree and agree strongly. Each item is rated on 4-point scale (1 strongly disagree to 4 strongly agree, with additional "not applicable" option). Higher scores indicate greater patient activation. For the PAM-10, minimum score is 0 (if all not-applicable) and maximum is 40. Raw scores are converted into activation levels per the scoring guidelines by Insignia Health for: level 1 Disengaged and Overwhelmed, level 2 Becoming Aware but Still Struggling, level 3 Taking Action and Gaining Control, level 4 Maintaining "Behaviors and Pushing Further. Scores for each group will be averaged at 3 months after study enrollment.

Patient activation using the "Patient Activation Measure" survey

Each patient will receive a validated patient activation survey using the "Patient Activation Measure" at enrollment and 6 months after study enrollment. This is a validated measure from Insignia Health. Responses are: disagree strongly, disagree, agree, agree strongly with higher activation correlated with responses of agree and agree strongly. Each item is rated on 4-point scale (1 strongly disagree to 4 strongly agree, with additional "not applicable" option). Higher scores indicate greater patient activation. For the PAM-10, minimum score is 0 (if all not-applicable) and maximum is 40. Raw scores are converted into activation levels per the scoring guidelines by Insignia Health for: level 1 Disengaged and Overwhelmed, level 2 Becoming Aware but Still Struggling, level 3 Taking Action and Gaining Control, level 4 Maintaining "Behaviors and Pushing Further. Scores for each group will be averaged at 6 months after study enrollment.

Quality of shared decision-making using the "Shared Decision Making" questionnaire

The SDM-Q-9, a questionnaire assessing patient involvement in shared decision-making (SDM), is scored by summing the responses to its nine items, each on a 6-point Likert scale (0 completely disagree to 5 completely agree). The raw scores range from 0 to 45, with higher scores indicating greater perceived SDM. The change in shared-decision making from baseline to 3 months will be measured.

Quality of shared decision-making using the "Shared Decision Making" questionnaire

The SDM-Q-9, a questionnaire assessing patient involvement in shared decision-making (SDM), is scored by summing the responses to its nine items, each on a 6-point Likert scale (0 completely disagree to 5 completely agree). The raw scores range from 0 to 45, with higher scores indicating greater perceived SDM. The change in shared-decision making at baseline to 6 months will be measured.

Patient Quality of Life Using the "Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General Survey"

Each patient will the validated "Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General Survey (FACT-G)," which is a 27-item survey with response options including: not at all, a little bit, somewhat, quite a bit, or very much. Five items also allow for a response of 'prefer not to answer.' Scoring for the FACT-G will be done in accordance with the FACT-G Scoring Guidelines (Version 4), available here: https://www.facit.org/measures-scoring-downloads/fact-g-scoring-downloads. In summary, scoring is for four subscales included within the survey, including (1) Physical Well-Being (score range: 0-28), (2) Social Family Well-Being (score range: 0-28), (3) Emotional Well-Being (score range: 0-24), and (4) Functional Well-Being (score range: 0-28). A total score is created from the sum of the subscale scores and has a minimum of zero and maximum of 108, where a higher score indicates greater quality of life. The change in quality of life at baseline to 3 months will be measured.

Patient Quality of Life Using the "Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General Survey"

Each patient will the validated "Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General Survey (FACT-G)," which is a 27-item survey with response options including: not at all, a little bit, somewhat, quite a bit, or very much. Five items also allow for a response of 'prefer not to answer.' Scoring for the FACT-G will be done in accordance with the FACT-G Scoring Guidelines (Version 4), available here: https://www.facit.org/measures-scoring-downloads/fact-g-scoring-downloads. In summary, scoring is for four subscales included within the survey, including (1) Physical Well-Being (score range: 0-28), (2) Social Family Well-Being (score range: 0-28), (3) Emotional Well-Being (score range: 0-24), and (4) Functional Well-Being (score range: 0-28). A total score is created from the sum of the subscale scores and has a minimum of zero and maximum of 108, where a higher score indicates greater quality of life. The change in quality of life at baseline to 6 months will be measured.