Utility of retrospective pretest ratings of patient satisfaction with health status

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 233-241

  Kreulen, Grace J ^a   Stommel, Manfred ^a   Gutek, Barbara A ^b   Burns, Lawton R ^c   Braden, Carrie Jo ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status; Nursing evaluation research; Outcomes assessment; Patient satisfaction; Retrospective pretest

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; VITRECTOMY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0036617140     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.10031     Document Type: Article

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