Patient Experience in an Era of Primary Care Transformation: Revisiting the PACIC.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Aims and Objective: The validation study of the Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) questionnaire suggested a 5-factor structure determined a priori, but subsequent analyses have questioned the validity of the original factor structure. This study analyzed the factor structure of the PACIC using a large and diverse patient sample, and evaluated the identified factors through the lens of recent transformational initiatives in primary care.

Methods

Convenience samples of adults completed surveys in waiting rooms during clinic visits. Primary care patients with 1 or more chronic illnesses with complete PACIC responses at baseline from 39 clinics (n=1,567) and at follow-up from 36 clinics (n=1,536) participated. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analys

SUBMITTER: Noel PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5060942 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature