Measuring the preference towards patient-centred communication with the Chinese-revised Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale: a cross-sectional study among physicians and patients in clinical settings in Shanghai, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To adapt the Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale (PPOS), to a Chinese context, and explore the preference towards patient-centred communication among physicians and patients with the Chinese-revised Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale (CR-PPOS).

Design

A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study.

Setting

Clinical settings from eight medical units, including four community hospitals and four general hospitals, in Shanghai, China.

Participants

1018 participants, including 187 physicians and 831 patients, completed this study in two successive stages.

Outcome measurements

Psychometric properties of the CR-PPOS and participants' score on the CR-PPOS.

Results

Compared with the original PPOS, the 11-item CR-PPOS obtained better psychome

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623567 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature