Development of the medical maximizer-minimizer scale

Health Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1276-1287

  Scherer, Laura D ^a   Caverly, Tanner J ^b,c   Burke, James ^c   Zikmund Fisher, Brian J ^c,d   Kullgren, Jeffrey T ^c   Steinley, Douglas ^a   McCarthy, Denis M ^a   Roney, Meghan ^c   Fagerlin, Angela ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VA Salt Lake City Informatics Decision Enhancement and Surveillance (IDEAS) Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical decision making; Overtreatment; Overutilization; Patient preferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MALE; MEDICAL MAXIMIZER MINIMIZER SCALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL OVERUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84986631145     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000417     Document Type: Article

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