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A Swedish version of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) measure.

Objective:A validated measure to gather patient feedback on physicians’ empathy is not available in Swedish. The objective for this study was to examine the psychometric characteristics of a Swedish version of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) measure (widely used in English). Design, s...

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Published in:Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 286 - 293
Main Authors: Crosta Ahlforn, K., Bojner Horwitz, E., Osika, W.
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2017
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          Crosta Ahlforn, K.
          Bojner Horwitz, E.
          Osika, W.
        affil: Center for Social Sustainability, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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          Empathy
          Physician-Patient Relations
          Psychological Tests
          Human
          Feedback
          Primary Health Care
          Outpatients
          Sweden
          Item-Total Correlations
          Coefficient alpha
          Factor Analysis
          Psychometrics
          Instrument Validation
          Validation Studies
          Surveys
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          Face Validity
          Scales
      ab: Objective:A validated measure to gather patient feedback on physicians’ empathy is not available in Swedish. The objective for this study was to examine the psychometric characteristics of a Swedish version of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) measure (widely used in English). Design, setting and patients:The CARE measure was translated into Swedish and tested on 554 unselected patients visiting physicians in two primary care clinics in northwestern Stockholm, Sweden. Main outcome measures:Adequate translation, as well as reliability and validity of the Swedish CARE measure. Results:The Swedish CARE measure seemed to demonstrate high acceptability and face validity when consulting a physician. The mean CARE score 41.5 (SD 8.9) over all 10 item was not significantly influenced by seasonality, age or gender. Scores were somewhat negatively distributed, but corrected item-total correlations were high (0.86–0.91) suggesting homogeneity. Internal reliability was very high (Cronbach’s alpha 0.975). Factor analysis implied a one-dimensional structure with factor loadings between 0.89 and 0.93. Conclusions:The Swedish CARE measure appears to be psychometrically valid and reliable enough in physicians.
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