Development, internal consistency and reliability of the Verona Service Satisfaction Scale - European version. EPSILON study 7

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 177, Issue SUPPL. 39, 2000, Pages

  Ruggeri, Mirella ^d   Lasalvia, Antonio ^e   Dall'Agnola, Rosa ^e   Van Wijngaarden, Bob ^a   Knudsen, Helle Charlotte ^e   Leese, Morven ^b   Gaite, Luis ^c   Tansella, Michele ^e  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^d OSPEDALE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033924050     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.177.39.s41     Document Type: Article

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