title: Psychometric assessment of the Health Care Alliance Questionnaire with women in prenatal care.
abstract: The current study assessed the reliability and validity of the Health Care Alliance Questionnaire, which was developed using a Delphi process and embedded in an ongoing perinatal outcomes study. The Health Care Alliance Questionnaire exhibited content and face validity and high reliability. Results indicated concurrent validity in relation to satisfaction with practitioner and discriminant validity in relation to interpersonal sensitivity and posttraumatic stress disorder. The Health Care Alliance Questionnaire demonstrated predictive validity in relation to perceptions of practitioner's care during labor and postpartum depression. Overall, results suggest that alliance may be an important factor in maternity care processes and outcomes. Further psychometric work is warranted.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Lee K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Roosevelt
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.affiliation: Newport Internal Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hiser
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, USA jseng@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Julia S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Seng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000523:psychology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: alliance; factor analysis; posttraumatic stress disorder; prenatal care; psychometrics