Physician patient questionnaire to assess physician patient agreement at the consultation.
OBJECTIVE
The primary aim of this study was to validate an instrument of physician-patient agreement in the consultation. A secondary aim was to assess this agreement.


METHODS
The setting was a county in the southwest of Sweden with a cross-sectional survey of primary care patients and physicians using separate coded questionnaires. Forty-six physicians and 316 patients aged 16 or more with a new complaint lasting 1 week or more. Thirteen items were evaluated and index of proportional agreement for the dichotomized answers agree (P(pos)) and disagree (P(neg)) was calculated.


RESULTS
In 10 of the 13 items, a high level of agreement between physician and patient was seen. Discussion. Index of proportional agreement was useful in finding statements in a questionnaire on agreement for both physicians and patients that could be used for educational purposes and as a check-up for the GP in daily practice.
Home Care Unit, Primary Health Care, Göteborg, Sweden. gerd.carlsson.ahlen@vgregion.se
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Ahlén
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Mattsson
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Gunnarsson
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden