Development of the Italian version of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) measure: translation, internal reliability, and construct validity in patients undergoing rehabilitation after total hip and knee arthroplasty

Fabrizio Natali; Laura Corradini; Cristiano Sconza; Patricia Taylor; Raffaello Furlan; Stewart W Mercer; Roberto Gatti

doi:10.1080/09638288.2022.2037742

Development of the Italian version of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) measure: translation, internal reliability, and construct validity in patients undergoing rehabilitation after total hip and knee arthroplasty

Fabrizio Natali
, Laura Corradini
, Cristiano Sconza
, Patricia Taylor
, Raffaello Furlan
, Stewart W Mercer
, Roberto Gatti

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PURPOSE: To translate and cross-culturally adapt the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) measure into Italian, examine its internal reliability, and construct validity in a rehabilitation setting.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The translation process consisted of two forward translations, a pre-final version, a back-translation, and a final version, in accordance with available guidelines. We administered the Italian version of the CARE measure to 101 patients hospitalised for rehabilitation after total hip or total knee arthroplasty (THA and TKA). We assessed face validity, internal reliability, and construct validity.

RESULTS: Face validity was high. Patients answered all questions and the "does not apply" option was never selected. Internal reliability (Cronbach's α = 0.962) resulted in line with the original version. The exploratory factor analysis confirmed the unidimensional structure of the CARE measure with 74.82% of variance explained by the first factor.

CONCLUSIONS: The Italian version of the CARE measure showed high face validity. Internal reliability and construct validity were in line with the original version in patients undergoing rehabilitation after THA and TKA.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONInternal reliability and construct validity of the Italian version of the CARE measure are in line with those of the original version of the CARE measure.The Italian CARE measure can be used to assess patient's perceived therapist's empathy in patients undergoing physical therapy after THA and TKA.Physiotherapists should use the CARE measure with more caution in other rehabilitative contexts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	703-708
Number of pages	6
Journal	Disability and rehabilitation
Volume	45
Issue number	4
Early online date	22 Feb 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2037742
Publication status	Published - 2023

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Empathy
arthroplasty
factor analysis
rehabilitation
reliability
translation

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Natali, F., Corradini, L., Sconza, C., Taylor, P., Furlan, R., Mercer, S. W., & Gatti, R. (2023). Development of the Italian version of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) measure: translation, internal reliability, and construct validity in patients undergoing rehabilitation after total hip and knee arthroplasty. Disability and rehabilitation, 45(4), 703-708. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2037742

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Natali, F, Corradini, L, Sconza, C, Taylor, P, Furlan, R, Mercer, SW & Gatti, R 2023, 'Development of the Italian version of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) measure: translation, internal reliability, and construct validity in patients undergoing rehabilitation after total hip and knee arthroplasty', Disability and rehabilitation, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 703-708. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2037742

Development of the Italian version of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) measure: translation, internal reliability, and construct validity in patients undergoing rehabilitation after total hip and knee arthroplasty. / Natali, Fabrizio; Corradini, Laura; Sconza, Cristiano et al.
In: Disability and rehabilitation, Vol. 45, No. 4, 2023, p. 703-708.

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Natali F, Corradini L, Sconza C, Taylor P, Furlan R, Mercer SW et al. Development of the Italian version of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) measure: translation, internal reliability, and construct validity in patients undergoing rehabilitation after total hip and knee arthroplasty. Disability and rehabilitation. 2023;45(4):703-708. Epub 2022 Feb 22. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2037742