Expectations
The Expectation for Treatment Scale (ETS): A tool to assess outcome-related expectations of patients
We developed the ETS to assess treatment-related outcome expectations for patients with a short but sound questionnaire. Further, we suggest to use the ETS as predictor for treatment outcomes across different clinical settings.
The ETS questionnaire and supplementary material are available from our institute (contact below).
The Expectation for Treatment Scale
Highlights of the ETS
- 5-item scale
- Excellent internal consistency and good content validity
- Developed with more than 100 patients
- Validated with a separate sample of more than 300 patients
- All items can be adapted and transferred to other treatments and clinical conditions
- Available in English, French and German
Barth, J., Kern, A., Lüthi, S., & Witt, C. M. (2019). Assessment of patients’ expectations: Development and validation of the Expectation for Treatment Scale (ETS). BMJ open, 9(6), e026712.
