Development and validation of an instrument measuring individual empowerment in relation to personal health care: The Health Care Empowerment Questionnaire (HCEQ)

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 429-435

  Gagnon, Maxime ^a   Hébert, Réjean ^a   Dubé, Micheline ^b   Dubois, Marie France ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health Care; Health Services; Individual Empowerment; Measurement; Prevention Research; Relation to Personal Health Care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; EMPOWERMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE EMPOWERMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN RELATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33747117039     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-20.6.429     Document Type: Article

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