German translation, cultural adaptation and testing of the Person-centred Practice Inventory - Staff (PCPI-S).
Maya L D Weis, Martin Wallner, Sabine Köck-Hódi and 3 others
PMID 32802360WHAT IT FOUND
Staff in Austrian nursing homes rated their own care as highly person-centred on a new German questionnaire.
This tool measures staff perceptions of their workplace culture, not patient outcomes or the quality of care delivered.
Key findings
01The German version of the questionnaire showed high reliability across all three main constructs.
02Participants reported generally positive perceptions of their own person-centred practice.
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What it does not show
The study used a convenience sample from a single organization in one region, limiting how widely the results apply. The data relies entirely on staff self-reporting, which may be biased towards positive perceptions. The questionnaire only covers three of the five constructs in the original theoretical framework, missing the macro-context and patient perspectives. The study did not include back-translation to German, which some guidelines recommend for cultural adaptation.
Declared interests
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not interpret the high scores as evidence that the nursing homes are delivering effective person-centred care. The study only shows that staff perceive their environment and attributes positively; it does not measure patient outcomes or the actual quality of care.