Validation of a French hospitalized patients' satisfaction questionnaire: The QSH-45

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 243-252

  Antoniotti, Stéphanie ^a   Baumstarck Barrau, Karine ^a,e   Siméoni, Marie Claude ^a   Sapin, Christophe ^a   Labarère, José ^b   Gerbaud, Laurent ^c   Boyer, Laurent ^a   Colin, Cyril ^d   François, Patrice ^b   Auquier, Pascal ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^b CHU La Tronche and University   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^d HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Inpatient satisfaction; Psychometric properties; Questionnaire; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE FOR SATISFACTION OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENT 45; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67949092982     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzp021     Document Type: Article

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