A New Instrument to Measure Patient Satisfaction with Mammography: Validity, Reliability, and Discriminatory Power

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 731-741

  Loeken, Kirsti ^a   Steine, Siri ^a   Sandvik, Leiv ^b   Laerum, Even ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Medstat Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

Discomfort; Mammography; Pain; Patient satisfaction; Quality control; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031182741     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199707000-00006     Document Type: Article

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