Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and validation of the Patient Experience Colonoscopy Scale (PECS)
Facts
- Contact person:
- Annica Rosvall
- Financer:
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- Malmö universitet
- Responsible at MaU:
- Annica Rosvall
- Project members at MaU:
- External project members:
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- Milla Horváth – Semmelweis University
- Árpád Patai – Semmelweis University
- Adrien Pigniczkiné Rigó – Eötvös Loránd University
- Artur Németh – Lund University
- Ervin Toth – Lund University
- Time frame:
- 18 December 2025 - 31 December 2029
- Faculty/department:
- Research environment :
- Research subject:
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- Care Science
- Psychometric
About the project
An important way to understand and improve healthcare quality is to take patients’ own experiences into account. This can be achieved using patient-reported measures, known as Patient-Reported Experience Measures (PREMs), which are used to monitor how patients experience, for example, a medical procedure.
What is PECS?
The Patient Experience Colonoscopy Scale (PECS) is a colonoscopy-specific PREM developed and psychometrically tested in Sweden to capture patients’ experiences of colonoscopy. PECS consists of 30 items. Of these, 28 measure specific aspects of the patient experience and can be used as patient-reported indicators, while two items capture overall satisfaction.
Five concepts
PECS is structured around five concepts — health motivation, discomfort, information, caring relationship, and understanding — and reflects the patient experience across three time periods: before, during, and after the colonoscopy. This structure makes it possible to identify the patient perspective throughout the entire care process.
International collaborations
The project ensures that PECS is translated and cross-culturally adapted through a scientifically rigorous process so that the items measure the same constructs regardless of language and cultural context. With reliable patient-reported data, the long-term goal is to establish patient experience as an integral component of how quality is measured, monitored, and improved in colonoscopy care.
We welcome international collaboration to support translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and validation of PECS.