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¹Faculty of Medicine and Health, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery/Sydney Nursing School, The University of Sydney, Camperdown Campus, New South Wales, Australia.

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A new instrument, the Person-centred Practice Inventory-Care (PCPI-C), was developed to measure patient experiences of person-centred care. This psychometrically sound tool supports a five-factor model, offering a valuable service user perspective for healthcare evaluations.

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Area of Science:

Healthcare Quality and Patient Experience
Psychometrics and Measurement in Health Services
Health Services Research

Background:

Person-centred healthcare prioritizes service user beliefs and values in decision-making.
Measuring person-centred care outcomes is complex, often requiring multiple perspectives.
Existing measurement frameworks often lack a strong theoretical grounding in person-centredness.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a valid and reliable instrument to measure service users' experiences of person-centred care.
The instrument, the Person-centred Practice Inventory-Care (PCPI-C), is based on the established Person-centred Practice Framework (PCPF).

Main Methods:

An exploratory sequential mixed-methods design was employed.
Instrument development involved iterative item selection, focus groups, and expert review across international sites.
Structural validity was tested using confirmatory factor analysis on data from 452 service users in diverse healthcare settings.

Main Results:

A final 18-item instrument, the PCPI-C, was established.
The PCPI-C demonstrated psychometric soundness.
Confirmatory factor analysis supported a five-factor model reflecting the service user's perspective on person-centred care.

Conclusions:

The PCPI-C is a psychometrically sound, generic instrument for evaluating person-centred care from the service user's viewpoint.
It can be applied across various healthcare contexts and organizational levels.
The instrument enhances organization-wide evaluation frameworks by incorporating the crucial service user perspective.