Psychometric evaluation of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer in-patient satisfaction with care questionnaire ('Sinhala' version) for use in a South-Asian setting

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-226

  Jayasekara, Harindra ^a,b   Rajapaksa, Lalini ^c   Bredart, Anne ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^d INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer; Patient satisfaction; Psychometrics; Quality of care; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER IN PATIENT SATISFACTION WITH CARE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SRI LANKA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TRANSLATING;

EID: 44449130885     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzn006     Document Type: Article

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