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Behavioral pharmaceutical care scale for measuring pharmacists' activities
1Behavioral and Administrative Pharmacy, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506-9510, USA.
Summary
A new scale measures pharmacists' efforts in providing pharmaceutical care. The behavioral pharmaceutical care scale (BPCS) is reliable, sensitive, and valid for assessing patient-centered services.
Area of Science:
- Pharmacy
- Health Services Research
Background:
- Assessing pharmacists' delivery of patient-centered services is crucial for advancing pharmaceutical care.
- A validated instrument is needed to measure pharmacists' actual behaviors in providing pharmaceutical care.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate the behavioral pharmaceutical care scale (BPCS).
- To provide a reliable and valid tool for measuring pharmacists' efforts in providing pharmaceutical care.
Main Methods:
- Literature review and focus groups informed item development.
- Confirmatory factor analysis and hypothesis testing were used for validation.
- Data collected from 617 community pharmacists in Florida.
Main Results:
- BPCS domains demonstrated reliability coefficients > 0.70.
- The instrument achieved a content validity index of 0.79.
- Confirmatory factor analysis supported the instrument's dimensionality and trait validity.
- Pharmacists intending to provide pharmaceutical care scored significantly higher on the BPCS (nomologic validity).
Conclusions:
- The behavioral pharmaceutical care scale (BPCS) is a reliable, sensitive, and valid instrument.
- BPCS can effectively measure pharmacists' behavioral efforts in delivering pharmaceutical care.
- This tool can aid in evaluating and improving pharmaceutical care practices.