Measuring the experiences of health care for patients with musculoskeletal disorders (MSD): development of the Picker MSD questionnaire.

Journal article

Analysis of data from a survey of patients with musculoskeletal problems (mainly back and neck pain) to develop a core measure of patients' experiences of health care. A secondary purpose was to determine whether a single summary index figure could be generated from the instrument. The data reported here comes from a postal survey of patients attending a spine clinic in Stockholm, Sweden. After attending the clinic patients were mailed a questionnaire. Up to two reminders were sent to nonresp...

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Authors: Jenkinson, C; Coulter, A; Gyll, R; Lindström, P; Avner, L

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 329-333
• Publication date: 2002-09-01
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-6712.2002.00088.x
• EISSN: 1471-6712
• ISSN: 0283-9318
• Language: English
• Keywords: Quality of Health Care; Adult; Male; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Humans; Female; Adolescent; Questionnaires; Patient Satisfaction; Health Care Surveys; Sweden; Aged, 80 and over; Aged; Middle Aged