ArticlePeerJ2021
A short scale for measuring attitudes towards the doctor-patient relationship: psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the German Patient-Practitioner-Orientation Scale (PPOS-D6).
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- Integrating Generative AI Into Clinical Reasoning Education for Medical Students: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR medical education · 2026Article
- Patient-Centered Attitudes and Associated Factors Among Medical Students in Spain: A Cross-Sectional Study.Cureus · 2026Article
- Which questionnaires can be used to elicit patients' preferences regarding patient-provider consultations? Results of a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- New Evidences About Multidimensionality of the Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale (PPOS) Construct in Undergraduate Medical Students.Medical science educator · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale (PPOS) was originally developed to compare doctor's and patient's consensus regarding patient centeredness. Research assumed PPOS measurements to be comparable across different groups of participants, however, without assessing the actual validity of this assumption. In this study, we investigate the psychometric properties and measurement invariance of a short version of the German translation of the PPOS.
methodsBased on a cross-sectional survey of
resultsResults indicate that PPOS-D6 provides valid and reliable measurements of patient-centeredness that are invariant across participants with different medical experience. Preliminary results also suggest invariance across gender.
conclusionPPOS-D6 is a suitable and efficient measure to compare group-specific attitudes towards the doctor-patient interaction. Additional research on convergent and discriminant validity and divergent study samples is advised.
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