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Assessing patient-centered care: Validation of the French Version of the Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale (PPOS)

Emilie Paul-Savoie, Patricia Bourgault, Emillie Gosselin, Stephane Potvin, Sylvie Lafrenaye

Abstract


Rationale, aims and objectives: Patient-centered care (PCC) is widely acknowledged as a central component of high-quality health care and it has been associated with many positive outcomes for patients. Although many studies support the benefits of PCC, the style of practice may vary from a caregiver to another. To measure PCC and investigate the factors that may be related to this concept, it is necessary to have rigorous instruments. Thus, the aim of this study was to adapt and validate a French version of the PPOS (F-PPOS) for the assessment of PCC in both nurses and physicians who work with chronic pain patients.

Method: The PPOS was translated and validated in a French population of nurses and physicians according to the Hébert methodological recommendations for translation and validation. The final version of the F-PPOS was distributed to 21 nurses and 21 physicians working with chronic pain patients. The content validity and the internal consistency were assessed.

Results: The expert panel was satisfied with the content validity of this instrument. The internal consistency was acceptable for the total score for all participants (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.60), for nurses (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.62) and for physicians (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.54). The F-PPOS showed good content validity and acceptable internal consistency.

Conclusions: The F-PPOS could be used in future studies in French populations, in both nurses and physicians. This instrument can also be used to compare the type of approach between caregivers in worldwide since it is available in several languages.


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Assessment, clinical outcomes, development of instruments, education, measurement, nurses, patient-centered care, person-centered healthcare, physicians, questionnaire

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/ejpch.v3i3.956

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