The patient engagement evaluation tool was valid for clinical practice guideline development
Ainsley Moore, Yin Wu, Linda Kwakkenbos, Kyle Silveira, Sharon E. Straus, Melissa Brouwers, Roland Grad, Brett D. Thombs
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate reliability and validity of the six and 12 item Patient Engagement Evaluation Tool (PEET) to inform guideline developers about the quality of patient and public involvement activities. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: PEET-12 and three embedded validation questions were completed by patients and members of the public who participated in developing 10 guidelines between 2018 and 2020. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to assess the validity of a single-dimension factor structure. Cronbach's alpha and Pearson correlations were calculated for internal consistency reliability. Concurrent validation was used to test the construct validity. RESULTS: (15) = 5173.4, P < 0.001, Tucker-Lewis Index = 1.00, Comparative Fit Index = 0.99, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = 0.08). Correlation between the total score for the 3 validation questions and the PEET-6 total score was 0.71, 95% CI [0.65, 0.77], supporting construct validity. CONCLUSION: PEET-6 and 12 are valid tools to measure patient and public involvement within settings of clinical practice guideline development.