A psychometric analysis of the patient satisfaction with nursing care quality questionnaire: An actionable approach to measuring patient satisfaction

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 220-230

  Laschinger, Heather Spence ^a,c   Hall, Linda McGillis ^b,c,d   Pedersen, Cheryl ^b   Almost, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Nursing Health Services Research Unit   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Instrument development; Nursing care; Patient satisfaction; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 21344462848     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200507000-00006     Document Type: Article

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