Psychometric evaluation of the Swedish language Person-centred Climate Questionnaire - family
version
Sammanfattning
Background:
In a holistic view of care, the family is important for the patient as well as for the staff and integration
of family members in health care is a growing trend. Yet, family participation in the care is sparsely
investigated and valid assessment instruments are needed.
Setting:
Data were collected from 200 family members participating in an intervention study at an emergency
department (ED) in Sweden.
Method:
The Person-centred Climate Questionnaire - Family (PCQ-F) is a measure for how family members
perceive the psychosocial climate. PCQ-F is a self-report instrument that contains 17 items
assessing safety, everydayness and hospitality - three subscale dimensions that mirror the Swedish
patient version of the questionnaire, the PCQ-P.
Aim:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the
PCQ-F in an ED context.
Results:
The psychometric properties of the PCQ-F were evaluated using statistical estimates of validity and
reliability and showed high content validity and internal consistency. Cronbach's Alpha was >0.7 and
item-total correlations were >0.3 and <0.7.
Conclusion:
In terms of psychometrics, the findings in this study indicate that the PCQ-F can be used with
satisfactory validity and reliability to explore to what degree family members perceive ED settings as
being person-centred, safe, welcoming and hospitable within an everyday and decorated physical
environment. As the PCQ already exists in a valid and reliable patient (PCQ-P) and staff (PCQ-S)
version, this new family member version is a significant addition to the literature as it enables further
comparative studies of how diverse care settings are perceived by different stakeholders.