Turkish Validity and Reliability Study of the “Scale for BioPsychoSocial Dimension of Family Physician’ Work”

Meryem Seda Ustun, Arzu Uzuner, Pemra C. Unalan

Background:

Biopsychosocial approach is a clinical method that allows to address health problems with physical, mental, social, cultural and existential dimensions compared to other models that focus more on disease and pathophysiology. The importance of this model comes to the fore even more especially in the discipline of family medicine, where patient evaluation with a holistic perspective is accepted among the core competencies.

Research questions:

To evaluate the Turkish validity and reliability of the 35-item "Scale for biopsychosocial dimension of family physician’ work" developed by Makivic et al.

Method:

The research was designed as a methodological study.The translation of the scale was made by people who speak native English and have a good command of Turkish. We applied the questionnaire to 18 family physicians within the scope of the pilot study. The Turkish form of the scale, together with the Turkish version of the checklist prepared by Margalit et al., was planned to be administered to at least 175 family physicians and general practitioners who have experience working in family health centers.
The internal consistency and inter-scale consistency analyzes of the scale will be performed, and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient will be calculated for internal consistency. Our data collection process continues.

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