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Interpersonal Quality of Family Planning (IQFP)

The Interpersonal Quality of Family Planning (IQFP) scale is an 11-item and 1 factor measure capturing women’s report of the interpersonal quality of contraceptive counseling between women and their providers.

Categories

Geographies Tested: United States of America

Populations Included: Female, Male

Age Range: Adults

Items:

Please rate the health care provider you saw today with respect to the following qualities:

  1. Respecting me as a person
  2. Showing care and compassion
  3. Letting me say what mattered to me about my birth control method
  4. Giving me an opportunity to ask questions
  5. Taking my preferences about my birth control seriously
  6. Considering my personal situation when advising me about birth control
  7. Working out a plan for my birth control with me
  8. Giving me enough information to make the best decision about my birth control method
  9. Telling me how to take or use my birth control method most effectively
  10. Telling me the risks and benefits of the birth control method I chose
  11. Answering all my questions

Response Options:
Poor - 1
Fair - 2
Good - 3
Very good - 4
Excellent - 5

Scoring Procedures

Individual scores from all items are summed to create a scale total that ranges from 11 to 55.

Original Citation

Dehlendorf, C., Henderson, J. T., Vittinghoff, E., Steinauer, J., & Hessler, D. (2018). Development of a patient-reported measure of the interpersonal quality of family planning care. Contraception, 97(1), 34-40.


Psychometric Score

Ease of Use Score

Scoring breakdown

Formative Research

Qualitative Research

Existing Literature/Theoretical Framework

Field Expert Input

Cognitive Interviews / Pilot Testing

Reliability

Internal

Test-retest

Interrater

Validity

Content

Face

Criterion (gold-standard)

Construct

KEY

Ease of Use

Readability

Scoring Clarity

Length

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