Using consideRATE to Evaluate Patient Experience in a Cancer Center: Psychometric and Healthcare Assessments

Area of Science:

• Oncology
• Patient Experience Research
• Psychometrics

Background:

• Serious illness care requires effective patient and care partner experience measures.
• consideRATE is a patient- and care-partner-reported outcome measure (PROM) designed for serious illness.
• Assessing the utility of consideRATE in a cancer center setting is crucial for improving care quality.

Purpose of the Study:

• To evaluate the psychometric properties of the consideRATE measure in a cancer patient and care partner population.
• To explore different scoring approaches for consideRATE.
• To assess the reliability and validity of consideRATE against established measures.

Main Methods:

• A cross-sectional survey was administered to patients and care partners aged 18+.
• Participants completed the consideRATE (8 items), CANHELP Lite (21 items), and demographic questions.
• Reliability was assessed using Cronbach's alpha; validity was evaluated using Pearson's correlations.

Main Results:

• The consideRATE measure demonstrated good internal reliability (Cronbach's α = 0.86).
• Strong correlations were found between consideRATE scores and CANHELP Lite scores across all participants and subgroups.
• Discriminant validity was established between consideRATE and Single-item Health Literacy (SIL) measures.

Conclusions:

• The consideRATE measure exhibits good internal reliability and strong correlations with the CANHELP Lite tool.
• These findings support the use of consideRATE for assessing patient and care partner experiences in serious illness, particularly within cancer care settings.
• The study validates consideRATE as a reliable tool for capturing patient-reported outcomes in oncology.