Assessment of perception, attitude, and practice of primary care practitioners towards allergic rhinitis practice guidelines: Development and validation of a new questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary care practitioners (PCPs), being the front liners, play an important role in treating allergic rhinitis (AR). As there is no proper tool to assess their perception, attitude, and practice in utilizing the guidelines, we aimed to develop and validate a new questionnaire for such purpose.

Methods

The development phase consists of both literature and expert panel review. The validation phase consists of content validity, face validity, and construct validity. Cronbach's alpha was used to verify internal consistency. The development phase produced a questionnaire with 3 domains: perception, attitude, and practice consisting of 60 items (PAP-PCP questionnaire). Item response theory analysis for perception demonstrated the difficulty and discrimination values we

SUBMITTER: Abdullah B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7689322 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature