SDM-Q-9 / SDM-Q-Doc

The 9-item Shared Decision Making Questionnaire

The 9-item Shared Decision Making Questionnaire was developed in a theory-driven manner and measures the extent to which patients are involved in the process of decision-making from the perspective of the patient (patient version SDM-Q-9) and from the perspective of the physician (physician version SDM-Q-Doc). The measure was developed for use in research and clinical practice. Both versions can equally be implemented for purposes of evaluation and quality improvement in health care. The measures should only be applied in the case of preference-sensitive decisions – i.e. when there are several treatment options for a particular disease

If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to Prof. Dr. Dr. Martin Härter ().

 

Translations, downloads and publications

The 9-item Shared Decision Making Questionnaire is available in a range of different languages (see table with downloadable files and links to publications). If you are looking for a language version that is not listed in the table, please  and we can guide you through our official translation procedure.

Language	Download	Publications
Arabic	SDM-Q-9 Arabic	Hamzah et al., 2019
Bulgarian	SDM-Q-9: In preparation SDM-Q-Doc Bulgarian
Chinese (Mandarin/Traditional)	SDM-Q-9 Mandarin-Chinese SDM-Q-Doc Mandarin-Chinese	Wu et al., 2019
Chinese (Simplified)	SDM-Q-9 Simplified Chinese SDM-Q-Doc Simplified Chinese
Czech	SDM-Q-9 Czech
Danish	SDM-Q-9 Danish SDM-Q-Doc: translation in progress	Hulbaek et al., 2018
Dutch	SDM-Q-9 Dutch SDM-Q-Doc Dutch	Rodenburg-Vandenbussche, et al., 2015
English	SDM-Q-9 English SDM-Q-Doc English SDM-Q-9 English Interactive PDF
English - for pediatric nursing setting	PSDM-Q-NUR English PSDM-Q-PARENT English
Filipino	SDM-Q-9 Filipino
Finnish	SDMQ9 Finnish SDMQDoc Finnish
French	SDM-Q-9 French
German	SDM-Q-9 German SDM-Q-Doc German	Scholl et al., 2011 Scholl et al, 2015 Kriston et al., 2012 Scholl et al., 2012 Kriston et al., 2010
Greek	SDM-Q-9 greek SDM-Q-Doc greek
Hebrew	SDM-Q-9 Hebrew SDM-Q-Doc Hebrew	Zisman-Ilani et al., 2016
Hungarian	SDM-Q-9 Hungarian SDM-Q-Doc Hungarian	Rencz et al., 2019
Italian	SDM-Q-9 Italian	De Filippis et al., 2023 De Filippis et al., 2022
Japanese	SDM-Q-9 Japanese SDM-Q-Doc Japanese	Goto et al., 2020 Goto et al., 2021
Japanese (Home Care)	SDM-C Japanese (Patient) SDM-C Japanese (Care staff)	Goto et al., 2021
Korean	SDM-Q-9 Korean SDM-Q-Doc Korean
Lithuanian	SDM-Q-9: In preparation
Malay	SDM-Q-9 Malay SDM-Q-Doc Malay
Norwegian	SDM-Q-9 Norwegian SDM-Q-Doc Norwegian
Persian	SDM-Q-Doc Persian	Ebrahimi et al., 2014
Portuguese	SDM-Q-9 Portuguese SDM-Q-Doc: translation in progress
Romanian	SDM-Q-9 Romanian SDM-Q-Doc Romanian
Slovakian	SDM-Q-9: Slovakian
Spanish	SDM-Q-9 Spanish SDM-Q-Doc Spanish	Alvarez et al., 2016 De Las Cuevas et al., 2015 De Las Cuevas et al., 2013
Swedish	SDM-Q-9 Swedish
Thai	SDM-Q-9: translation in progress
Turkish	SDM-Q-9: translation in progress SDM-Q-Doc Turkish
Urdu	SDM-Q-9: In preparation