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SURE Test

The SURE Test is a four-item screening questionnaire designed to rapidly identify patients experiencing decisional conflict—uncertainty or difficulty in making healthcare decisions. Developed by Annette O'Connor and colleagues, the SURE Test is an abbreviated, practical version of the longer Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS), created to detect patients who may benefit from decision support or additional counselling. It is widely used in clinical and research settings for quick, valid screening.

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SURE Test for Decisional Conflict Screening
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / patient-centered-care
  • O'Connor, A. M. (2010). Using the Decisional Conflict Scale to evaluate a decision aid. In A. Edwards & G. Elwyn (Eds.), Shared Decision Making in Health Care (pp. 424-438). Oxford University Press. · URL
  • Légaré, F., Côté, L., Labrecque, M., et al. (2012). Decisional conflict in patients and their physicians: a consensus approach. Social Science & Medicine, 65(11), 2280-2290. · URL
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Same method familyCollaboRATEmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyControl Preferences Scalemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketDecisional Conflict Scalemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyPatient Enablement Instrumentmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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