title: [Psychometric validation in Spanish of the Brazilian short version of the Primary Care Assessment Tools-users questionnaire for the evaluation of the orientation of health systems towards primary care].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To validate the Brazilian short version of the PCAT for adult patients in Spanish.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analysis of secondary data from studies made to validate the extended version of the PCAT questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  City of Córdoba, Argentina. Primary health care.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample consisted of 46% of parents, whose children were enrolled in secondary education in three institutes in the city of Cordoba, and the remaining 54% were adult users of the National University of Cordoba Health Insurance.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pearson's correlation coefficient comparing the extended and short versions. Goodness-of-fit indices in confirmatory factor analysis, composite reliability, average variance extracted, and Cronbach's alpha values, in order to assess the construct validity and the reliability of the short version.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The values of Pearson's correlation coefficient between this short version and the long version were high .818 (P<.001), implying a very good criterion validity. The indicators of good global adjustment to the confirmatory factor analysis were good. The value of composite reliability was good (.802), but under the variance media extracted: .3306, since 3 variables had weak factorials loads. The Cronbach's alpha was acceptable (.85).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The short version of the PCAT-users developed in Brazil showed an acceptable psychometric performance in Spanish as a quick assessment tool, in a comparative study with the extended version.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: fernandoramon.vazquez@hospitalitaliano.org.ar.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vázquez Peña
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Erno
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Harzheim
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Departamento de Investigación, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Departamento de Salud Pública, Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Terrasa
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud (INICSA), Escuela de Salud Pública, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
authors.forename: Silvina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berra
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D057566:Self Report
keywords: Atención primaria; Calidad; Cuestionario; Primary care; Quality; Questionnaire; Validación; Validation