The Patient Enablement Instrument-French version in a family practice setting: a reliability study

BMC Family Practice

Research Article

Susie Bernier¹  Marie-Eve Poitras¹  Catherine Hudon²  Martin Fortin²  Francis Rossignol³ 

[1] Centre de santé et de services sociaux de Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada;Département de médecine de famille, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada;Centre de santé et de services sociaux de Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada;Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada;

关键词: Medical Consultation;    French Version;    Excellent Internal Consistency;    Family Medicine Clinic;    Patient Enablement;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2296-12-71

 received in 2011-02-23, accepted in 2011-07-07,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundPatient enablement can be defined as the extent to which a patient is capable of understanding and coping with his or her health issues. This concept is linked to a number of health outcomes such as self-management of chronic diseases and quality of life. The Patient Enablement Instrument (PEI) was designed to measure this concept after a medical consultation. The instrument, in its original form and its translations into several languages, has proven to be reliable and valid. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability of the French version of the PEI (PEI-Fv) in a family practice setting.MethodsOne hundred and ten participants were recruited in a family medicine clinic in the Saguenay region of Quebec (Canada). The PEI-Fv was completed twice, immediately after consultation with a physician (T1) and 2 weeks after the consultation (T2). The internal consistency of the tool was assessed with Cronbach's α and test-retest reliability by intraclass correlation coefficient.ResultsThe mean score for the PEI-Fv was 5.06 ± 3.97 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.30-5.81) at T1 and 4.63 ± 3.90 (95% CI: 3.82-5.44) at T2. Cronbach's α was high at T1 (α1 = 0.93; 95% CI: 0.91-0.95) and T2 (α2 = 0.93; 95% CI: 0.91-0.95). The intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.62 (95% CI: 0.48-0.74), indicating a moderate test-retest reliability.ConclusionsThe internal consistency of the PEI-Fv is excellent. Test-retest reliability was moderate to good. Test-retest reliability should be examined in further studies at a less than 2-week interval to reduce maturation bias. This instrument can be used to measure enablement after consultation in a French-speaking family practice setting.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Hudon et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2011