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Family Practice 2007 24(5):498-503; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmm043
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Physician–patient questionnaire to assess physician–patient agreement at the consultation

GC Ahléna, B Mattssonb and RK Gunnarssonc

a Home Care Unit, Primary Health Care, Göteborg
b University of Göteborg
c Research and Development Unit in Primary Health Care, Southern Elfsborg County, Sweden

Correspondence to G Carlsson Ahlén, Hemsjukvård NO, Box 47107, 402 58 Göteborg, Sweden; Email: gerd.carlsson.ahlen{at}vgregion.se

Received 2 January 2007; Revised 19 June 2007; Accepted 21 June 2007.


  Abstract

Objective. The primary aim of this study was to validate an instrument of physician–patient agreement in the consultation. A secondary aim was to assess this agreement.

Method. The setting was a county in the southwest of Sweden with a cross-sectional survey of primary care patients and physicians using separate coded questionnaires. Forty-six physicians and 316 patients aged 16 or more with a new complaint lasting 1 week or more. Thirteen items were evaluated and index of proportional agreement for the dichotomized answers agree (Ppos) and disagree (Pneg) was calculated.

Results. In 10 of the 13 items, a high level of agreement between physician and patient was seen.

Discussion. Index of proportional agreement was useful in finding statements in a questionnaire on agreement for both physicians and patients that could be used for educational purposes and as a check-up for the GP in daily practice.

Keywords. Attitude of health personnel, communication, family practice, humans, office visits, patient participation, patient satisfaction, physician–patient relations, process assessment (health care), primary health care, quality of health care, questionnaires, self-evaluation programs.

Ahlén GC, Mattsson B, Gunnarsson RK. Physician–patient questionnaire to assess physician–patient agreement at the consultation. Family Practice 2007; 24: 498–503.


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