Reliability and validity of the Croatian version of Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) Measure in primary care setting

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 50-56

  Hanževački, Miroslav ^a   Jakovina, Trpimir ^b   Bajić, Žarko ^c   Tomac, Aran ^b   Mercer, Stewart ^d  

^a Zagrebzapad Health Care Center   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Biometrika Healthcare Research   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPATHY; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; AGED; CROATIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84924911598     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2015.56.50     Document Type: Article

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