Assessment of preferences for treatment: Validation of a measure

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-431

  Sidani, Souraya ^a   Epstein, Dana R ^b   Bootzin, Richard R ^c   Moritz, Patricia ^d   Miranda, Joyal ^e  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System   (United States)

^c The University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Behavioral treatments; Chronic insomnia; Clinical trial; Measurement; Preference; Reliability; Treatment attributes; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 68249101075     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20329     Document Type: Article

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