Development and validation of the Iranian version of the Patient Privacy and Confidentiality Scale

The aim of this study was to develop and psychometrically validate the Iranian scale patient privacy confidentiality. This methodological conducted in two stages: first, a conventional content analysis used qualitatively identify concepts Then, face validity, construct validity were assessed. Internal consistency coefficient total checked. KMO Bartlett’s test examine thequestionnaire for factor analysis. EFA identified seven factors that accounted 55.25% variance questionnaire score. Cronbach’s α 0.84 whole instrument. Spearman reliability instrument 0.91 using test–retest method.The final version Patient Privacy Confidentiality Scale can be as valid reliable measure rate observation