Chronically ill Czech patients' beliefs about medicines: The psychometric properties and factor structure of the BMQ-CZ

Therapeutic Innovation and Regulatory Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 341-348

  Matoulkova, Petra ^a   Krulichova, Iva Selke ^a   Macek, Karel ^b   Vlcek, Jiri ^a   Bastecka, Drahomira ^b   Prixova, Martina ^c   Horne, Rob ^d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^c Railway Health Centre   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beliefs about medicines questionnaire; Chronic illnesses; Factor structure; Medication adherence; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; BELIEF ABOUT MEDICINE QUESTIONNAIRE; BRIEF ILLNESS PERCEPTION QUESTIONNAIRE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE REPORT SCALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84878808846     PISSN: 21684790     EISSN: 21649200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2168479013481968     Document Type: Article

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