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ArticleAtencion primaria2004

[Working out a questionnaire to study the relationship between doctors and the drug industry].

S Galán Herrera, M T Delgado Marroquín, R Altisent Trota

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Article in Atencion primaria, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

S Galán HerreraMédico de Familia, Doctora en Medicina, Centro de Salud Puerta de Madrid, Area 3, Madrid, Spain. ibs@meditex.es
M T Delgado Marroquín
R Altisent Trota

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo work out and validate a questionnaire that can be self-filled and has closed answers to describe: 1) the kind of relationship between family doctors and the pharmaceutical industry; 2) the attitude of family doctors towards this relationship, and 3) the conduct of family doctors when faced with concrete offers from the industry.

designCross-sectional study.

participantsRepresentative sample of family doctors working in primary care teams in Aragon, stratified by province, rural or urban setting and sex. MAIN MEASUREMENTS: A questionnaire with closed answers that can be self-filled was worked out. It had 55 items on three scales. It was referred to a group of experts in methodology, administration, health law and Bioethics, for an appraisal of its contents, criteria and construction. It was then re-sent to three of them for appraisal of the stability of their scoring.

resultsThe questionnaire was valid in contents, criteria and construction. The results of the re-test sent to a part of the total sample gave information on replies' stability and served as a measurement of the reliability of the questionnaire.

conclusionsThe questionnaire worked out met established psychometric criteria. The analysis of its results after its distribution to a representative sample of Aragonese family doctors may contribute previously unknown information on their attitudes to the drug industry.

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Drug IndustryInterprofessional RelationsPrimary Health CareSurveys and QuestionnairesCross-Sectional Studies

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PMID15225530
PMCPMC7668858

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