@article{3155554, title = "Defining Physicians' Readiness to Screen and Manage Intimate Partner Violence in Greek Primary Care Settings", author = "Papadakaki, Maria and Prokopiadou, Dimitra and Petridou, Eleni and and Kogevinas, Manolis and Lionis, Christos", journal = "Evaluation and the Health Professions", year = "2012", volume = "35", number = "2", pages = "199-220", publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.", issn = "0163-2787, 1552-3918", doi = "10.1177/0163278711423937", keywords = "intimate partner violence; primary health care; screening; validation; PREMIS", abstract = "The current article aims to translate the PREMIS (Physician Readiness to Manage Intimate Partner Violence) survey into the Greek language and test its validity and reliability in a sample of primary care physicians. The validation study was conducted in 2010 and involved all the general practitioners serving two adjacent prefectures of Greece (n = 80). Maximum-likelihood factor analysis (MLF) was used to extract key survey factors. The instrument was further assessed for the following psychometric properties: (a) scale reliability, (b) item-specific reliability, (c) test-retest reliability, (d) scale construct validity, and (e) internal predictive validity. The MLF analysis of 23 opinion items revealed a seven-factor solution (preparation, constraint, workplace issues, screening, self-efficacy, alcohol/drugs, victim understanding), which was statistically sound (p = .293). Most of the newly derived scales displayed satisfactory internal consistency (alpha >= .60), high item-specific reliability, strong construct, and internal predictive validity (F = 2.82; p = .004), and high repeatability when retested with 20 individuals (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] > .70). The tool was found appropriate to facilitate the identification of competence deficits and the evaluation of training initiatives." }