Homaei Saeideh, Banazadeh Nabi, Roaei Farzaneh, Ziaaddini Hassan
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine AND Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Addict Health. 2019 Jul;11(3):183-191. doi: 10.22122/ahj.v11i3.241.
Patient experiences play an important role in the quality of health care and gathering patients' experiences is common as part of quality measurement in health care. The present study was carried out with the aim of developing and psychometric analysis of the methadone therapy experiences questionnaire among patients under treatment with methadone.
This cross-sectional study was performed in 2018 and 200 patients referred to the addiction treatment clinics in Kerman, Iran, participated in this study. The convenient sampling method was employed. The validity was assessed using the opinions of 50 individuals similar to the target population and 8 experts. In addition, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was utilized to examine the test-retest reliability. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics in the SPSS software.
The face validity of the questionnaire was acceptable in the present study and the values for content validity were higher than 0.79, indicating the appropriate content validity of the questionnaire [content validity index (CVI) = 0.82 and content validity ratio (CVR) = 0.83]. Moreover, the results confirmed the reliability or reproducibility of the questionnaire (Cronbach's alpha = 0.83).
The methadone therapy experiences questionnaire was of a good validity and reliability among the patients. In the clinical area, the psychiatrists, psychologists, authorities, and staff in addiction treatment clinics can identify the quality of treatment and its strengths and weaknesses using this questionnaire.
患者体验在医疗保健质量中起着重要作用，收集患者体验作为医疗保健质量评估的一部分很常见。本研究旨在编制美沙酮治疗体验问卷并对其进行心理测量分析，该问卷面向接受美沙酮治疗的患者。
这项横断面研究于2018年进行，200名转诊至伊朗克尔曼成瘾治疗诊所的患者参与了该研究。采用方便抽样法。通过50名与目标人群相似的个体以及8名专家的意见评估效度。此外，利用克朗巴赫α系数检验重测信度。使用SPSS软件中的描述性和推断性统计方法分析数据。
在本研究中，问卷的表面效度可接受，内容效度值高于0.79，表明问卷具有适当的内容效度[内容效度指数（CVI）=0.82，内容效度比（CVR）=0.83]。此外，结果证实了问卷的信度或可重复性（克朗巴赫α=0.83）。
美沙酮治疗体验问卷在患者中具有良好的效度和信度。在临床领域，精神科医生、心理学家、管理人员以及成瘾治疗诊所的工作人员可以使用该问卷识别治疗质量及其优缺点。
