TY - JOUR
T1 - A patient-doctor relationship questionnaire (PDRQ-9) in primary care
T2 - Development and psychometric evaluation
AU - Van Der Feltz-Cornelis, Christina M.
AU - Van Oppen, Patricia
AU - Van Marwijk, Harm W.J.
AU - De Beurs, Edwin
AU - Van Dyck, Richard
PY - 2004/3/1
Y1 - 2004/3/1
N2 - In health care research, the patient-doctor relationship as perceived by the patient is considered important. Our aim was to develop and validate a questionnaire that assesses the Patient-Doctor Relationship, the Patient-Doctor Relationship Questionnaire (PDRQ-9). The PDRQ-9 was developed out of the Helping Alliance Questionnaire of Luborsky, a scale that measures the therapeutic alliance in psychotherapy. Its psychometric qualities and validity in general practice were assessed, with the collaboration of 110 general practice patients and 55 patients in an Epilepsy Clinic. Principal components analysis demonstrates a two-factorial structure, one related to the doctor, and one related to the medical symptoms of the patient. Both show high reliability but as the second factor explains only 9% of the variance, it is eliminated from the questionnaire. The PDRQ-9 provides researchers a brief measure of the therapeutic aspects of the patient-doctor relationship in the primary care setting. It is a valuable tool for scientific and practical purposes involving the monitoring of the patient-doctor relationship.
AB - In health care research, the patient-doctor relationship as perceived by the patient is considered important. Our aim was to develop and validate a questionnaire that assesses the Patient-Doctor Relationship, the Patient-Doctor Relationship Questionnaire (PDRQ-9). The PDRQ-9 was developed out of the Helping Alliance Questionnaire of Luborsky, a scale that measures the therapeutic alliance in psychotherapy. Its psychometric qualities and validity in general practice were assessed, with the collaboration of 110 general practice patients and 55 patients in an Epilepsy Clinic. Principal components analysis demonstrates a two-factorial structure, one related to the doctor, and one related to the medical symptoms of the patient. Both show high reliability but as the second factor explains only 9% of the variance, it is eliminated from the questionnaire. The PDRQ-9 provides researchers a brief measure of the therapeutic aspects of the patient-doctor relationship in the primary care setting. It is a valuable tool for scientific and practical purposes involving the monitoring of the patient-doctor relationship.
KW - Helping alliance
KW - Patient-doctor relationship
KW - Primary care
KW - Questionnaire
KW - Validation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=1642264110&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2003.08.010
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2003.08.010
M3 - Article
C2 - 15038928
SN - 0163-8343
VL - 26
SP - 115
EP - 120
JO - General Hospital Psychiatry
JF - General Hospital Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -