Cross-cultural adaptation of the 4-Habits Coding Scheme into French to assess physician communication skills.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The Four Habits Coding Scheme (4-HCS) is a standardized instrument designed to assess physicians' communication skills from an external rater's perspective, based on video-recorded consultations. OBJECTIVE:To perform the cross-cultural adaptation of the 4-HCS into French and to assess its psychometric properties. METHODS:The 4-HCS was cross-culturally adapted by conducting forward and backward translations with independent translators, following international guidelines. Four raters rated 200 video-recorded medical student consultations with standardized patients, using the French version of the 4-HCS. We examined the internal consistency, factor structure, construct validity, and reliability of the 4-HCS. RESULTS:The mean overall 4-HCS score was 76.44 (standard deviation, 12.34

SUBMITTER: Bellier A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7161987 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature