Validity and reliability of a Korean version of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) measure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

No validated tool is available to assess patients' perception of physician empathy in Korea. The objective of this study was to establish a Korean version of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) measure-originally developed in English and widely used internationally-and to examine its reliability and validity.

Methods

The CARE measure was translated into Korean and tested on 240 patients from one secondary care hospital and one tertiary care hospital in Korea. Internal consistency by Cronbach's alpha, exploratory analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted to verify the 10 items of the Korean CARE measure.

Results

The Korean CARE measure demonstrated high acceptability and face validity, excellent internal reliability (Cronbach's alp

SUBMITTER: Park KY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9134586 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature