Patients' evaluation of the quality of diabetes care (PEQD): Development and validation of a new instrument

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-136

  Pouwer, F ^a   Snoek, F J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIET THERAPY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSTRUMENT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036624204     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.11.2.131     Document Type: Article

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