Asian journal of psychiatry
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Trust is essential in the patient-physician relationship and has not been explored among Nigerian psychiatric outpatients. ⋯ The results suggest that despite the comparatively weak psychometric properties of the Trust in Physician Scale, it is still useful in the evaluation of trust among Nigerian psychiatric outpatients. More studies are needed to further explore and compare the properties of this scale across a wider range of patient groups in Nigeria, and to identify other factors that could interact with trust among the different patient populations in our environment.