Development of the Japanese version of Primary Care Assessment Tool

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24790515
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (2014-2015); Teikyo University (2012-2013)
• Principal Investigator: INOUE Machiko 浜松医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (80609090)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NAKAYAMA Takeo 京都大学, 医学研究科, 教授 (70217933)
• Research Collaborator: AOKI Takuya
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: プライマリ・ケア / 医療の質 / 患者中心性 / 質問紙調査

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We developed the Japanese version of Primary Care Assessment Tool (JPCAT), based on the original PCAT which had been developed by a research team of Johns Hopkins University. We conducted a mail survey to patients to examine the validity and reliability of JPCAT in assessing the core principles of primary care, which included first contact, longitudinality, coordination of care, comprehensiveness of care, and community orientation. The final version of JPCAT, comprised of 29 items, could be used for health service research in primary care, from the perspective of patients' experiences,

Free Research Field

医療社会学