Document Type : Original Quantitative and Qualitative Research Paper
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Department of Nursing, Amol School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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Department of Nursing, Amol Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical
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Psychosomatic Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Student Research Committee, School of Nursing, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
10.22038/ebcj.2026.94472.3240
Abstract
Background: Person-centered care (PCC) improves patient satisfaction, treatment adherence, clinical outcomes, and caregiver well-being, but its’ global implementation, including in Iran, remains limited. Since evaluating PCC is essential, this study seeks to translate the Person-Centered Care Assessment Tool (P-CAT) into Persian and assess its’ psychometric properties, providing a reliable instrument for measuring person-centered nursing practices in Iran.
Aim: This study aims to translate the P-CAT tool into Persian and evaluate its psychometric properties for assessing person-centered care within the Iranian healthcare context.
Methods: The P-CAT is a 13-item tool rated on a 5-point Likert scale (scores 13–65) designed to assess nurses’ perceptions of PCC. Originally developed by Edvardsson et al. (2010) in Australia, it includes two main dimensions: personalizing care and organizational support.
Results: Most participants were female (n= 203, 82.2%), married (n=151, 61.1%), and had over five years of work experience (46.6%). The MLEFA on 247 participants showed a two-factor structure after removing six items with factor loadings below 0.3, which explains 40.8% of the total variance. Cronbach’s Alpha and McDonald’s Omega were greater and less than 0.7 for two factors.
Implications for Practice: The results of this study demonstrate that the Persian version of the P-CAT, when administered to Iranian nurses, exhibits a multidimensional structure with two main factors, organizational factors and residents’ engagement. Therefore, the Persian adaptation of the P-CAT can be regarded as a reliable and valid instrument for evaluating PCC provided by nurses.
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