Patients’ perceptions of participation: Pilot validation study of the FI-PPRQ questionnaire in Finnish primary healthcare settings
Sammanfattning
Patient participation is is a highly valued goal within healthcare. The aim of this study was to assess the validity of a Finnish version of the Participation in Rehabilitation Questionnaire (FI-PPRQ) developed to measure patients’ perceptions of the importance and their experience of participation in care. The original PPRQ was translated from Swedish into Finnish, then subjected to psychometric pilot testing using data acquired in a cross-sectional survey with a sample of adult patients in eight primary healthcare units (n = 88). The importance and experience ratings were evaluated separately, by calculating distributions of item and scale scores, Cronbach’s alpha coefficients, and correlations between items and scales. In addition, experience ratings were subjected to exploratory factor and multi-trait scaling analyses. The results of this study support the validity and reliability of the instrument for use in clinical settings to provide information about patient participation. However, further studies are needed with more varied settings.