A Research on the Relationship Between Performance and Medicine Styles

Objective: The behavior and approach of doctors have always been important. In theliterature, these behavior styles are often described through doctor-patient relationship. The aim ofthis study is to go beyond this limitation and to determine practice styles and discover the relationship between these styles and performance. A new model of the style of practice developmentprocess is proposed. Material and Methods: The practice style and performance scale developed bythe author was used. Scales are applied to specialist physicians, a validity of the scale and discoveryof the scales is provided with exploratory factor analysis. The relationship between practice stylesand performance is analyzed with correlation and regression. Results: The exploratory factor analysis results shows that the scale items are collected in five dimensions after varimax rotation. Thesedimensions explain 60,7% of the cumulative variance. Barletta's test was significant (chi-square =682.945, P <.001) and the KMO value achieved (0.684) provide evidence that data is suitable for factor analysis.The factor loads of the material loaded to resulting factors ranged from 0.420 to 0.917.These values are within acceptable limits. According to the study findings, four types of practicehave been described. A positive correlation has been identified between performance and numerical and patient-friendly styles. It was not found any relationship between performance and idealistic and conservative medicine styles. Conclusion: An analysis of medicine styles will contributeto medicine services, evaluation of the performance of the health care business and patient satisfaction.