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Table 3 Overview of questionnaires that assess quality of relationships

From: Questionnaires that measure the quality of relationships between patients and primary care providers: a systematic review

Questionnaire

Estimated completion time

Number of items

Number of relationship focussed items (%)

Freely available

Languages available

Additional pilot work likely required prior to use

Care Continuity Across Levels of Care Scale (CCAENA)

10–15 min

73

10 (14%)

Yes [46]

English, Spanish

No

Chao-Perception of Continuity Scale

10–15 min

23

20 (87%)

Yes [47]

English

Yesb

Generic Measure of Continuity Scale

15 min

32

11 (34%)

No –subscription required [15]

English, French

Yesb

Medical care questionnaire

< 5 min

15

4 (26%)

Yes [16]

English

Yesb

Nijmegen Continuity Questionnaire

15 min

29

8 (28%)

Yes [48]

English, Dutch, Norwegian

No

Patient-Doctor Depth of Relationship

< 5 min

8

7 (88%)

Yes [49]

English

No

Patient Doctor Relationship Questionnaire (PDRQ-9)

< 5 min

9

9 (100%)

Yes [39]

English

Yesb

Therapeutic Bond scale

30 s

6

Unknown

No – payment required [50]

English

Yesb

Working Alliance Inventory –Short Form revised

5 min

12

8 (66%)

Yes [51]

English, Argentinian, Chilean, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finish, French, German, Italian, Japanese

Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish

Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish, Urdu

Yesb

  1. aEstimated completion time based description of questionnaire where possible, or authors’ interpretation
  2. bNo evidence of establishing reliability of construct validity, which may preclude its use in evaluation work