Testing measurement equivalence in a patient satisfaction instrument

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 772-787

  Mark, Barbara A ^a   Wan, Thomas T H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient satisfaction; Research methods; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEN; MINORITY GROUPS; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 26244446971     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945905276336     Document Type: Article

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