Patient satisfaction with anesthesia care in Taiwan: Development and validation of a pilot version of a psychometric questionnaire

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 180-188

  Mui, Wui Chiu ^a   Chang, Chia Ming ^b   Cheng, Kong Fah ^c   Lee, Tak Yu ^d   Lui, Ping Wing ^e   Hwang, Fang Ming ^b  

^a CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica   (Taiwan)

^e Puli Christian Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Patient satisfaction; Pilot projects; Questionnaires; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSULTATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIWAN; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 75149169792     PISSN: 18754597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-4597(09)60052-7     Document Type: Article

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