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. 2024 Dec 9:10.1007/s40615-024-02241-4.
doi: 10.1007/s40615-024-02241-4. Online ahead of print.

Culture and Patient-Provider Trust Among People with HIV: Psychometric Properties of the HCR Trust Scale-Revised in Haitian Creole and Spanish

Aaliyah Gray  1 , Tatyana Moise  2 , Michèle Jean-Gilles  3 , Diana M Sheehan  2   4 , Kristopher P Fennie  5 , Mary Jo Trepka  2   4
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Culture and Patient-Provider Trust Among People with HIV: Psychometric Properties of the HCR Trust Scale-Revised in Haitian Creole and Spanish

Aaliyah Gray et al. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. .

Abstract

Patient-provider trust is associated with optimal HIV care engagement and ART adherence. However, cross-cultural examination of trust in providers in this diverse population is limited. The current study examines data from 1272 Miami-Dade County Ryan White Program clients. Study objectives were to explore the psychometric properties of the HCR Trust Scale-Revised translated in Haitian Creole and Spanish and to evaluate similarities and differences in responses to the HCR Trust Scale-Revised across Non-Hispanic Black, Haitian, and Hispanic participants and the English, Haitian Creole, and Spanish translations of the scale. Results indicated that the HCR Trust Scale-Revised has a single structure with good reliability for all groups except Haitian participants, for which response patterns were characterized by low variance and high endorsement of alternative response options. We draw on previous literature examining patient-provider experiences to discuss the importance of considering culture in the measurement of patient-provider trust.

Keywords: Culture; HIV; Haitian; Hispanic; Patient-provider trust; Psychometric analysis.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Ethics Approval: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Florida International University Social Behavioral Institutional Review Board. Consent to Participate: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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