@article{10.22454/FamMed.2022.169675,
author = {Díez, Nieves and García del Barrio, Loreto and Cristina Rodríguez-Díez, Maria and Martín-Lanas, Raquel and Gea, Alfredo and João Costa, Manuel},
title = {Validation of the Jefferson Scale of Patient Perception of Physician Empathy Spanish (Spain) Version in Primary Care},
journal = {Family Medicine},
volume = {54},
number = {8},
year = {2022},
month = {9},
pages = {621-628},
doi = {10.22454/FamMed.2022.169675},
abstract = {Background and Objectives: Empathy is considered a prerequisite for a successful physician-patient relationship. The Jefferson Scale of Patient Perceptions of Physician Empathy (JSPPPE) is a regularly-used, patient-rated measure of physician empathy. The aim of this study is to translate and analyze the reliability and validity of the JSPPPE Spanish (Spain) version (Sp-JSPPPE) in primary care in order to use it with medical trainees.
Methods: After translation and back translation of the JSPPPE, 369 patients from 21 primary care physicians in Pamplona (Navarre, Spain) completed the Sp-JSPPPE, a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Spanish (Spain) Consultation and Relational Empathy Measure (Sp-CARE), and a question about overall satisfaction. We studied internal reliability (Cronbach’s α and ordinal α), homogeneity (corrected item-total correlations), construct validity (confirmatory factor analysis [CFA]) and concurrent validity (Spearman’s correlation) of Sp-JSPPPE.
Results: Cronbach’s α and ordinal α were 0.870 and 0.919, respectively, for the Sp-JSPPPE, and all corrected item-total correlations exceeded the accepted cutoff of 0.30, demonstrating high internal reliability and homogeneity. CFA corroborated the one-factor structure proposed in the original version. The total score for the Sp-JSPPPE was significantly correlated with sp-CARE (Spearman’s ϱ 0.651, P<.001) and with overall patient satisfaction (Spearman’s ϱ 0.504, P<.001).
Conclusions: The results support the reliability and validity of the Sp-JSPPPE in primary care. Sp-JSPPPE could be useful in empathy assessment of medical trainees, both graduate and postgraduate, in the Spanish context.},
URL = {https://journals.stfm.org//familymedicine/2022/september/diez-2021-0450-appendix/},
eprint = {https://journals.stfm.org//media/5054/diez-2021-0450-appendix.pdf},
}