Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the Partners in Health Scale: Chronic Disease Self-Management in Primary Healthcare.
Julide Gulizar Yildirim, Sharon Lawn
PMID 40114332WHAT IT FOUND
The Turkish Partners in Health Scale was reliable and fit the revised version better, giving primary care clinicians a brief self-management assessment for patients with chronic disease.
Key findings
01The revised Partners in Health item set was accepted as the valid Turkish version, while the original model fit poorly.
02The Turkish scale showed good internal consistency, with McDonald's omega 0.860 and Cronbach's alpha 0.867 for 12 items.
03The scale takes about 15 minutes and can be used by health professionals to measure chronic disease self-management in Turkish-speaking primary care patients.
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What it does not show
The main sample was convenience sampled from four primary care services in Izmir, so it may not represent other Turkish primary care settings. All participants were literate, Turkish-speaking, aged 18 or over and judged mentally stable, so findings do not apply to patients who cannot complete a questionnaire. Questionnaires were completed while patients waited for appointments, and it was rarely completed after that appointment if time was short. The study tested the questionnaire's statistical properties, not whether using it changes care or patient outcomes. The mean total score of 26.12 cannot be compared directly to Dutch or French means because the authors attribute differences to culture and education without testing this.
Declared interests
The authors declare no conflicts of interest. The author signed a licence agreement with the Flinders University research group for the Partners in Health Care Scale.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that using the Turkish Partners in Health Scale improves patient self-management or health outcomes. This study tested whether the questionnaire fit patients' answers and gave consistent scores. It did not test a care intervention.