Psychometric Properties and Cross-cultural Adaptation of the Turkish Version of Physcian Attitudes Toward Cardiac Rehabilitation and Referral Scale-Revised (PACRR-R)

Physician's Role Clinical Trial

Official title:

Psychometric Properties and Cross-cultural Adaptation of the Turkish Version of Physcian Attitudes Toward Cardiac Rehabilitation and Referral Scale-Revised (PACRR-R)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06356428
• Other study ID #: KARYÖN-DR
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: May 13, 2024
• Est. completion date: August 13, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University
• Contact: Haluk Tekerlek, PhD
• Phone: +90-5355915009
• Email: haluktekerlek[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Research has reported that the reasons for low implementation of CR are multifactorial at the health system, physician and patient levels. It has also been found that patients are more likely to initiate CR if physicians strongly and positively promote the importance of CR participation. Unfortunately, there are insufficient and ineffective data on CR, referral to CR and both clinical and cost-effectiveness outcomes of CR in Turkey. In this context, it is important to examine more objectively from the perspective of physicians who play a key role in referring patients to CR. However, in our country, there is no relatively objective measurement tool to evaluate physicians' attitudes towards CR. Therefore, this study aims to adapt the original "Physician Attitudes towards Cardiac Rehabilitation and Referral Scale-Revised (PACRR-R)" into Turkish and to examine its psychometric properties.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: August 13, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: May 13, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 25 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• To be a physician,

• Providing active service in patient diagnosis and treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not providing active service in patient diagnosis and treatment despite being a physician (administrative position, etc.).

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Physician's Role

Intervention

Other:
• Physcian Attitudes toward Cardiac Rehabilitation and Referral Scale-Revised (PACRR-R)
The PACRR comprises 20 items and 1 open ended item to assess physicians' attitudes and beliefs about CR and referral (includes instructions for scale completion to respondents). Response options were 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = agree, 3 = neutral, 4 = agree, and 5 = strongly agree. Five (5) items are reverse-scored to mitigate acquiescence bias (denoted with *), such that higher scores reflect more positive atti- tudes toward CR and referral. A mean score is computed for the total (where at least 80% of items were completed; i.e., 15/19) scale and subscales.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University	Karaman

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physician Attitudes toward Cardiac Rehabilitation and Referral (PACRR)-Revised Scale Score	The Physician Attitudes toward Cardiac Rehabilitation and Referral (PACRR)-Revised Scale comprises 20 items to assess physicians' attitudes and beliefs about CR and referral. Response options were 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = agree, 3 = neutral, 4 = agree, and 5 = strongly agree. Five (5) items are reverse-scored to mitigate acquiescence bias (denoted with *), such that higher scores reflect more positive attitudes toward CR and referral. A mean score is computed for the total (where at least 80% of items were completed; i.e., 15/19) scale and subscales. A final open-ended item asks physicians to list the most important factors that influence their decision to refer a patient to CR.	10-15 minutes