Construction and psychometric evaluation of the Swedish language Person-centred Climate Questionnaire - staff version

Abstract

This instrument makes it possible to study the degree of person-centredness in relation to different organizational systems, environments, staff groups and managerial styles. In addition, staff variables such as turnover rates, health outcomes and efficacy can be related to staff perceived person centredness of the organization.

Testing Reliability and Validity of the Person-centered Climate Questionnaire-staff version in Korean for Long-term Care Facilities

“…Also, the factor loading of the items was similar to that of the Swedish original PCQ-S, but two items were [16]; however, it was loaded on the 'climate of everydayness' factor in the present study. In the Norwegian study, which conducted a psychometric assessment for NH staff in 2012, the item '4.…”

“…These new factor may be considered similar to those derived from an English-version PCQ-S study of the staff in the Australian short-term inpatient hospitals. Edvardsson et al(2009) named this new factor as a 'climate of comprehensibility,' explaining that it provides a means to understand the patient's past and present experience of diseases and directions of care [15]. We also named the fourth newly derived factor as a 'climate of comprehensibility.'…”

“…The explanatory power of each factor was 18.1%(Factor 1), 24.1 %(Factor 2), and 23.6%(Factor 3), and three factors accounted for 65.8% of the total variance. As for the names of the factors, we tried to maintain the names of the factors of the original tool, if possible [16]. Factor 1 included three items about employee competence and interpersonal skills, and was named 'a climate of safety.'…”

“…In other words, The PCQ-S can be used to measure the person-centered environment in various medical environments as well as long-term care facilities with a focus on evaluating the environmental person-centeredness perceived by the staff upon the physical and psychological aspects [15]. The PCQ has three versions depending on the subjects; for the staff [16], for patients/residents [19], and for families [20]. As all three versions have similar items, the PCQ has the advantage that it can be used to evaluate the degree of person-centeredness of the physical and organizational environments of an facility in multiple perspectives.…”

“…The PCQ-S was originally developed in Swedish and it is a self-reporting tool for staff working in the hospitals to assess the degree of person-centeredness of the environments in which they work [16]. The PCQ-S has been translated and adapted in English (2010) [15], Norwegian (2012) [17] and Slovenian (2017) [18] to date.…”