Jany Rademakers|Jessica Nijman|L. van der Hoek|Monique Heijmans|Mieke Rijken
Measuring patient activation in the Netherlands: translation and validation of the American short form Patient Activation Measure (PAM13)
Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research|Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research|Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research|Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research|Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research
american short form patient activation measure pam 13item instrument assesses patient consumer selfreported knowledge skills confidence selfmanagement ones health chronic condition study pam translated dutch version psychometric properties dutch version established instrument validated panel chronically ill patients translation done according guidelines pam 13dutch sent 4178 members dutch national panel people chronic illness disability npcd april 2010 study sub sample group n 973 june 2010 study b internal consistency testretest reliability crossvalidation sbsqd measure health literacy computed dutch results compared similar danish american data psychometric properties pam 13dutch generally good level internal consistency good 088 itemrest correlations moderate strong dutch mean pam score 613 comparable american 619 lower danish 642 testretest reliability moderate association health literacy weak moderate pam13 dutch reliable instrument measure patient activation research needed validity patient activation measure especially respect comprehensive measure health literacy