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Arabic version of the CARE Measure

Al-Habbal K, Djoundourian A, Nassar E, Tayara Z, Mercer SW, Abi-Habib R. Reliability and validity of the Arabic version of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) measure. Fam Pract. 2022 Nov 22;39(6):1176-1182. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmac047. PMID: 35616114.

The originator of the CARE Measure, Professor Stewart Mercer, endorses the above Arabic version of the CARE Measure developed by Al-Habbal and colleagues, which was validated following qualitative work exploring perception of empathy in an Arabic speaking country:

Al-Habbal K, Arawi T. Physicians’ empathy levels in a primary care setting: perceptions of patients and their physicians, a qualitative study. Fam Pract. 2020;37(6):834–838.

It should be noted that although this was validated in only one Arabic speaking country, it uses the formal Arabic language that is used across the Arab nations. The Arabic CARE Measure can be downloaded here.

If you would like to use the measure please contact Khairat Al-Habbal; khairatalhabbal@gmail.com

PLEASE NOTE:

Another Arabic version of the CARE Measure was recently published by Elfaki et al:

Elfaki A., AlQarni A. M., AlGhamdi A. A., AlShammari M. A., Nasir F., Alabdulqader R. Arabic Validity of the (CARE) Measure for Improving Medical and Mental Health Services. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience . 2022;2022:6. doi: 10.1155/2022/6530019.6530019

The authors state in the paper that permission to translate the measure was granted by Professor Mercer. This is incorrect information and Professor Mercer does not endorse the use of this version.

Furthermore, the paper was retracted by the journal in October 2023:

Intelligence And Neuroscience C. Retracted: Arabic Validity of the (CARE) Measure for Improving Medical and Mental Health Services. Comput Intell Neurosci. 2023 Oct 4;2023:9798169. Doi: 10.1155/2023/9798169. PMID: 37829856; PMCID: PMC10567217.

Other language version of the CARE Measure

Other language version of the CARE Measure that Professor Mercer has published with colleagues in different countries are shown below. Please contact the corresponding authors of these papers if you wish to access these.

Park KY, Shin J, Park HK, Kim YM, Hwang SY, Shin JH, Heo R, Ryu S, Mercer SW.

Validity and reliability of a Korean version of the Consultation and Relational

Empathy (CARE) measure. BMC Med Educ. 2022 May 26;22(1):403. doi:

10.1186/s12909-022-03478-5. PMID: 35614452; PMCID: PMC9134586.

Takahashi N, Matsuhisa T, Takahashi K, Aomatsu M, Mercer SW, Ban N. A 2-item

version of the Japanese Consultation and Relational Empathy measure: a pilot

study using secondary analysis of a cross-sectional survey in primary care. FamPract. 2022 Nov 22;39(6):1169-1175. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmac034. PMID: 35471659;

PMCID: PMC9680666.

Natali F, Corradini L, Sconza C, Taylor P, Furlan R, Mercer SW, Gatti R.

Development of the Italian version of the Consultation and Relational Empathy

(CARE) measure: translation, internal reliability, and construct validity in

patients undergoing rehabilitation after total hip and knee arthroplasty.

Disabil Rehabil. 2023 Feb;45(4):703-708. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2037742.

Epub 2022 Feb 22. PMID: 35191359.

Savieto RM, Mercer S, Matos CCP, Leão ER. Nurses in the triage of the

emergency department: self-compassion and empathy. Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2019

Jul 18;27:e3151. doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.3049.3151. PMID: 31340342; PMCID:

PMC6687361.

Matsuhisa T, Takahashi N, Aomatsu M, Takahashi K, Nishino J, Ban N, Mercer

SW. How many patients are required to provide a high level of reliability in the

Japanese version of the CARE Measure? A secondary analysis. BMC Fam Pract. 2018

Aug 16;19(1):138. doi: 10.1186/s12875-018-0826-2. PMID: 30115032; PMCID:

PMC6097289.

Arigliani M, Castriotta L, Pusiol A, Titolo A, Petoello E, Brun Peressut A,

Miorin E, Elkina I, Marzona F, Cucchiaro D, Spanghero E, Pavan M, Arigliani R,

Mercer SW, Cogo P. Measuring empathy in pediatrics: validation of the Visual

CARE measure. BMC Pediatr. 2018 Feb 13;18(1):57. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1050-x.

PMID: 29439733; PMCID: PMC5812057.

van Dijk I, Scholten Meilink Lenferink N, Lucassen PL, Mercer SW, van Weel C,

Olde Hartman TC, Speckens AE. Reliability and validity of the Dutch version of

the Consultation and Relational Empathy Measure in primary care. Fam Pract. 2017

Feb;34(1):119-124. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmw116. Epub 2016 Dec 5. PMID: 27920117.

Hanževački M, Jakovina T, Bajić Ž, Tomac A, Mercer S. Reliability and

validity of the Croatian version of Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE)

Measure in primary care setting. Croat Med J. 2015 Feb;56(1):50-6. doi:

10.3325/cmj.2015.56.50. PMID: 25727042; PMCID: PMC4364352.

Aomatsu M, Abe H, Abe K, Yasui H, Suzuki T, Sato J, Ban N, Mercer SW.

Validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the CARE measure in a

general medicine outpatient setting. Fam Pract. 2014 Feb;31(1):118-26. doi:

10.1093/fampra/cmt053. Epub 2013 Oct 10. PMID: 24115011.

Mercer SW, Fung CS, Chan FW, Wong FY, Wong SY, Murphy D. The Chinese-version

of the CARE measure reliably differentiates between doctors in primary care: a

cross-sectional study in Hong Kong. BMC Fam Pract. 2011 Jun 1;12:43. doi:

10.1186/1471-2296-12-43. PMID: 21631927; PMCID: PMC3123195.

Fung CS, Hua A, Tam L, Mercer SW. Reliability and validity of the Chinese

version of the CARE Measure in a primary care setting in Hong Kong. Fam Pract.

2009 Oct;26(5):398-406. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmp044. Epub 2009 Jul 8. PMID:

19587027.