Development and validation of a structured observation scale to measure responsiveness of physicians in rural Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Responsiveness of physicians is the social actions that physicians do to meet the legitimate expectations of service seekers. Since there is no such scale, this study aimed at developing one for measuring responsiveness of physicians in rural Bangladesh, by structured observation method.

Methods

Data were collected from Khulna division of Bangladesh, through structured observation of 393 patient-consultations with physicians. The structured observation tool consisted of 64 items, with four Likert type response categories, each anchored with a defined scenario. Inter-rater reliability was assessed by same three raters observing 30 consultations. Data were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis (EFA), followed by assessment of internal consistency by ordinal alpha

SUBMITTER: Joarder T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5697080 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature