TY - JOUR
T1 - Defining Physicians' Readiness to Screen and Manage Intimate Partner Violence in Greek Primary Care Settings
AU - Papadakaki, Maria
AU - Prokopiadou, Dimitra
AU - Petridou, Eleni
AU - Kogevinas, Manolis
AU - Lionis, Christos
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - The current article aims to translate the PREMIS (Physician Readiness to Manage Intimate Partner Violence) survey into the Greek language and test its validity and reliability in a sample of primary care physicians. The validation study was conducted in 2010 and involved all the general practitioners serving two adjacent prefectures of Greece (n =80). Maximum-likelihood factor analysis (MLF) was used to extract key survey factors. The instrument was further assessed for the following psychometric properties: (a) scale reliability, (b) item-specific reliability, (c) test-retest reliability, (d) scale construct validity, and (e) internal predictive validity. The MLF analysis of 23 opinion items revealed a seven-factor solution (preparation, constraint, workplace issues, screening, self-efficacy, alcohol/drugs, victim understanding), which was statistically sound (p =.293). Most of the newly derived scales displayed satisfactory internal consistency (α ≥.60), high item-specific reliability, strong construct, and internal predictive validity (F = 2.82; p =.004), and high repeatability when retested with 20 individuals (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] >.70). The tool was found appropriate to facilitate the identification of competence deficits and the evaluation of training initiatives.
AB - The current article aims to translate the PREMIS (Physician Readiness to Manage Intimate Partner Violence) survey into the Greek language and test its validity and reliability in a sample of primary care physicians. The validation study was conducted in 2010 and involved all the general practitioners serving two adjacent prefectures of Greece (n =80). Maximum-likelihood factor analysis (MLF) was used to extract key survey factors. The instrument was further assessed for the following psychometric properties: (a) scale reliability, (b) item-specific reliability, (c) test-retest reliability, (d) scale construct validity, and (e) internal predictive validity. The MLF analysis of 23 opinion items revealed a seven-factor solution (preparation, constraint, workplace issues, screening, self-efficacy, alcohol/drugs, victim understanding), which was statistically sound (p =.293). Most of the newly derived scales displayed satisfactory internal consistency (α ≥.60), high item-specific reliability, strong construct, and internal predictive validity (F = 2.82; p =.004), and high repeatability when retested with 20 individuals (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] >.70). The tool was found appropriate to facilitate the identification of competence deficits and the evaluation of training initiatives.
KW - intimate partner violence
KW - PREMIS
KW - primary health care
KW - screening
KW - validation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861804673&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0163278711423937
DO - 10.1177/0163278711423937
M3 - Article
C2 - 22158688
AN - SCOPUS:84861804673
SN - 0163-2787
VL - 35
SP - 199
EP - 220
JO - Evaluation and the Health Professions
JF - Evaluation and the Health Professions
IS - 2
ER -