Comparison of two response scales and analysis of overall satisfaction determinants in a new self-report questionnaire about the opinions of psychiatric day-care facilities patients;Confronto di due scale di risposta e studio dei determinati della soddisfazione complessiva in un nuovo questionario autocompilato per la valutazione dell'opinione dei pazienti di un day hospital psichiatrico

Rivista di Psichiatria

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-47

  Gigantesco, Antonella ^a   Sbardella, Alberto ^b   Morosini, Pierluigi ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Day hospital; Likert scale; Patient opinion satisfaction; Questionnaire; Reliability; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0037233498     PISSN: 00356484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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