Taking into account patients' communication preferences: Instrument development and results in chronic back pain patients

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-48

  Farin, Erik ^a   Gramm, Lukas ^a   Schmidt, Erika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic back pain; Communication preferences; Item response theory; Patient participation; Patient provider communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; KOPRA QUESTIONNAIRE; KOVA QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; THEORY; VALIDITY;

BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRUST;

EID: 83655201512     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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