Abstract
Introduction The Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) survey is a patient-centered instrument for evaluating the quality and patient-centeredness of chronic illness care received according to the Chronic Care Model paradigm. This study validates the Spanish translation of the PACIC in an urban, Spanish-speaking population. Methods One hundred Spanish-speaking patients with diabetes completed the translated PACIC and sociodemographic and cultural questionnaires. Test-retest reliability was assessed in a subset of 20 patients who completed the questionnaire 2 to 4 months later. Internal consistency was evaluated with Cronbach a. PACIC score and subscale associations with sociodemographic characteristics were examined. Results Test-retest reliability for the overall translated PACIC scale was 0.77. Scores were not associated with patient sociodemographic characteristics, including age, country of birth, years living in the United States, or education level (P >.05). Conclusion The Spanish translation of the PACIC survey demonstrated high reliability, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability. Scores showed no association with sociodemographic or cultural characteristics. The Spanish version can reliably be used to assess care delivered according to the Chronic Care Model in a heterogeneous Spanish-speaking population.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 180 |
Journal | Preventing Chronic Disease |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 4 |
State | Published - 2008 |
Funding
This work was supported in part by Grant/Cooperative Agreement No. T01 CD000146 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in part by the Division of General Internal Medicine of the New York University School of Medicine. Dr Shah receives support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as a physician faculty scholar. We gratefully acknowledge the help of Michelle Diaz, research assistant, and the comments of 3 anonymous reviewers.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health Policy
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health