Psychometric properties of the Health Professionals Communication Skills Scale (HP-CSS)

  1. César Leal-Costa 1
  2. Sonia Tirado-González 2
  3. Jesús Rodríguez-Marín 2
  4. Carlos Javier vander-Hofstadt-Román 2
  1. 1 Universidad Católica San Antonio
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    Universidad Católica San Antonio

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05b1rsv17

  2. 2 Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
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    Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

    Elche, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01azzms13

Journal:
International journal of clinical and health psychology

ISSN: 1697-2600

Year of publication: 2016

Volume: 16

Issue: 1

Pages: 76-86

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1016/J.IJCHP.2015.04.001 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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Abstract

One of the main features of the relationship between health professionals and their patients is that their effects can be measured. To do this, we need instruments that are well built and that have proven their validity and reliability empirically and experimentally. The objective of this study is to analyse the psychometric properties of the Health Professionals Communication Skills Scale (HP-CSS), which evaluates the communication skills that health professionals use to relate to their patients. The sample consisted of 410 health professionals in the region of Murcia, Spain, and 517 in the province of Alicante, Spain. We obtained descriptive statistics and discrimination indices of the items, the internal structure of the scale using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, the internal consistency, the temporal stability, and the external evidence of validity. The results indicate that the HP-CSS is a valid and reliable instrument and is also useful for the purpose and context in which it will be used.

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