Validity of the Flemish working alliance inventory in a Dutch physiotherapy setting in patients with shoulder pain.
Physiother Theory Pract
; 34(5): 384-392, 2018 05.
Article
en En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29120251
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Working alliance is the interaction between the patient and therapist. It is a crucial part of the physiotherapeutic process. One instrument to measure working alliance is available in Dutch/Flemish language and validated in psychotherapy setting.OBJECTIVE:
This study aims to validate the Working Alliance Inventory Short-Form in a Dutch physiotherapy setting.DESIGN:
A prospective cohort study in primary-care physiotherapy.METHOD:
To validate the Dutch/Flemish version of the working alliance inventory short-form (WAV-12) a RASCH analysis was used.RESULTS:
Sixty-six physiotherapists enrolled in total 389 patients with an average age of 50 years and a mean duration of shoulder pain of 33 weeks. A total of 274 patients filled in one or more items of the WAV-12. The WAV-12 showes good discriminative abilities and all items contributed to a one-dimensional construct. Due to the selective nature of the missing items, we believed rewording was necessary to make it more suitable to the physiotherapy setting. We performed a Delphi study and revised the WAV-12 into the PAS (Physio Alliance Scale). The validity of the revised version is unknown and is therefore not sufficiently strong to be implemented as a measurement tool.LIMITATIONS:
The response rate for three items especially was low and we found ceiling effects in ten items.CONCLUSION:
Although the measurement instrument shows good internal consistency and reliability, we made adjustments to the WAV-12 for Dutch physiotherapy setting.Palabras clave
Texto completo:
1
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Relaciones Profesional-Paciente
/
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
/
Modalidades de Fisioterapia
/
Comunicación
/
Dolor de Hombro
/
Fisioterapeutas
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
/
Observational_studies
/
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adult
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
/
Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Physiother Theory Pract
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA FISICA
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Países Bajos