Open AccessPsychometric properties of the Trust in Physician Scale in Tamil Nadu, India
Author(s) -
Maria Jusler Kalsingh,
Geetha Veliah,
Vijayaprasad Gopichandran
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.214966
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , tamil , medicine , exploratory factor analysis , descriptive statistics , context (archaeology) , scale (ratio) , competence (human resources) , family medicine , health care , nursing , psychometrics , clinical psychology , psychology , social psychology , statistics , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , economics , biology , economic growth
Trust in health care is of high intrinsic value. It also leads to positive outcomes such as better treatment adherence and disclosure of sensitive information. Therefore, there is a need to measure trust in health care objectively.