title: Defining physicians' readiness to screen and manage intimate partner violence in Greek primary care settings.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece. mpapadakaki@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Papadakaki
authors.forename: Dimitra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prokopiadou
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Petridou
authors.forename: Manolis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kogevinas
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lionis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003469:Culture; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013223:Statistics as Topic