Health Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil.
Laboratory of Teaching and Research of Social Pharmacy, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil.
PLoS One. 2021 Feb 4;16(2):e0246075. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246075. eCollection 2021.
Communication apprehension (CA) refers to an individual's level of fear or anxiety toward either real or anticipated communication with another person or persons. The Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24) is the most widely used measure of CA, even among healthcare students.
This study aimed to undertake a cross-cultural adaptation of this scale, translate it into Brazilian Portuguese, and examine its psychometric properties among healthcare students.
The translation and cross-cultural adaptation procedures were undertaken with the objective of establishing compatibility between the original and translated scales. The content validity of the scale was established based on the feedback of a multidisciplinary expert committee. Its psychometric properties were evaluated using a convenience sample of 616 healthcare students. Its construct validity was examined using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Its internal consistency was examined by computing Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega coefficients. Its criterion validity was examined against the Interpersonal Communication Competence Scale (ICCS).
The adapted scale demonstrated acceptable content validity. EFA showed that it was undergirded by one dimension, and this observation was confirmed by the results of CFA. The scale demonstrated excellent internal consistency. Its convergent validity was examined by conducting correlation analysis, and scores on the adapted PRCA-24 were negatively correlated with scores on the ICCS.
The Brazilian version of the PRCA-24 has satisfactory psychometric properties and is, therefore, suitable for use with Brazilian healthcare students. It can be used to assess their communication needs for the purpose of designing tailored training programs.
交流恐惧（CA）是指个体对与另一个人或多个人进行真实或预期的交流的恐惧或焦虑程度。个人交流恐惧报告（PRCA-24）是最广泛使用的 CA 测量工具，即使在医疗保健专业的学生中也是如此。
本研究旨在对该量表进行跨文化适应性调整，将其翻译为巴西葡萄牙语，并在医疗保健专业的学生中检验其心理测量特性。
翻译和跨文化适应性调整程序旨在建立原始和翻译量表之间的兼容性。量表的内容效度是基于多学科专家委员会的反馈来确定的。使用便利样本的 616 名医疗保健专业学生评估其心理测量特性。通过探索性因素分析（EFA）和验证性因素分析（CFA）来检验其建构效度。通过计算 Cronbach's alpha 和 McDonald's omega 系数来检验其内部一致性。通过与人际沟通能力量表（ICCS）的比较来检验其效标效度。
经过调整的量表具有可接受的内容效度。EFA 表明它由一个维度支撑，这一观察结果得到了 CFA 的结果的证实。该量表具有良好的内部一致性。通过相关分析检验其收敛效度，并且调整后的 PRCA-24 的分数与 ICCS 的分数呈负相关。
PRCA-24 的巴西版本具有令人满意的心理测量特性，因此适用于巴西医疗保健专业的学生。它可以用于评估他们的沟通需求，以便设计量身定制的培训计划。
