Psychometric properties of a German version of the "satisfaction with information about medicines scale" (SIMS-D)

Value in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1176-1179

  Mahler, Cornelia ^a   Jank, Susanne ^b   Hermann, Katja ^a   Horne, Rob ^c   Ludt, Sabine ^a   Haefeli, Walter E ^b   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medicines information; Patient satisfaction; Psychometric properties; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG INFORMATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION WITH INFORMATION ABOUT MEDICINES SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 70350786946     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2009.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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