NCT06356428

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 89 (actual)
• Sponsor: Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• Physician's Role

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-13
• Primary completion: 2025-05-30
• Completion: 2026-01-15
• First posted: 2024-04-10
• Last updated: 2026-02-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)