Validity and reliability of instruments designed to measure factors influencing the overuse of antibiotics

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 221-232

  Alumran, Arwa ^a,b   Hou, Xiang Yu ^a   Hurst, Cameron ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Measurement instrument; Psycho social factors; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC MISUSE; CONSENSUS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DELPHI STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG MISUSE; FACE VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84861347413     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2012.03.003     Document Type: Review

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