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Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate the metric properties of a selection of items of the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT) included into 2006 Catalonia Health Survey and adapted to evaluate experiences of primary care (PC) under population perspective. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. The study population was composed of non-institutionalized residents of Catalonia over 15 years of age (n = 12 933). The instrument used was a 10-item selection of the adult user’s version of the PCAT (PCAT10-AE). We assessed internal consistency, correlation between items and performed exploratory factor analysis and external validity analysis. Results: The instrument presented adequate internal consistency (0.72). All items showed acceptable correlation with other items that constitute the scale. The single extracted factor explained 64% of the common variance in the …