Fig 1.
Literature search equations and selection of evaluation tools.
Fig 2.
DPC theoretical model adapted to acute conditions.
Table 1.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria for scales and items (based on the criteria proposed by Zill et al. and our theoretical model).
Table 2.
Scales found assessing DPC in diverse conditions and settings.
Table 3.
Doctor-patient communication questionnaire.
Fig 3.
Flow chart of the population studied.
Table 4.
Characteristics of patients included in the validation study and DPC score values.
Table 5.
Internal coherence of the scale: Correlation score and Cronbach’s alpha score for each item.
Fig 4.
Principal Component Analysis (PCA) on DPC-15.