Development and preliminary validation of the 'Mind the Gap' scale to assess satisfaction with transitional health care among adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 380-388

  Shaw, K L ^a   Southwood, T R ^a   McDonagh, Janet E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Chronic illness; Parental satisfaction; Service evaluation; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FACE VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 34250348362     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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