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Richmond, V. P., Smith, R. S., Heisel, A. M., & McCroskey, J. C.. (2013) . Fear of Physician (FOP) . Measurement Instrument Database for the Social Science. Retrieved 21.07.2020 from www.midss.ie Key references: Richmond, V. P., Smith, R. S., Heisel, A. M., & McCroskey, J. C. (1998). The impact of communication apprehension and fear of talking with a physician and perceived medical outcomes. Communication Research Reports, 15, 344-353. Primary use / Purpose: Measures individuals' feelings towards communicating with physicians. Background: Many people are fearful and/or anxious about communicating with their physician. It is believed that this fear/anxiety is in some part a function of the way the physician communicates with the patient. This Fear of Physician (FOP) instrument was developed to measure that feeling. The FOP is an extension of the 5-item state anxiety measure developed by Spielberger (1966). Psychometrics: Alpha reliability estimates for this instruments should be expected to be near .90. Web link to tool: http://www.jamescmccroskey.com/measures/fop.htm Digital Object Identifier (DOI): http://dx.doi.org/10.13072/midss.508 Scoring: Step 1. Add the scores for items 1, 3, and 4. Step 2. Add the scores for items 2 and 5. Step 3. Complete the following formula: FOP = 15 + total for Step 1 - total for Step 2. Scores above 13 indicates high fear of physician. Scores below 7 indicate low fear of physician. Scores between 7 and 13 indicate moderate fear of physician.

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Richmond, V. P., Smith, R. S., Heisel, A. M., & McCroskey, J. C.

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