The Patient Satisfaction Scale - An empirical investigation into the Finnish adaptation

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-38

  Suhonen, Riitta ^a,b,f   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^c   Välimäki, Maritta ^b   Kim, Hesook Suzie ^d,e  

^a Forssa Hospital   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e University College   (Norway)

^f NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finnish adaptation; Instrument; Nursing care; Patient satisfaction; Patient Satisfaction Scale

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FINNISH ADAPTATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NURSING CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING;

EID: 33847002379     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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