Development and psychometric validation of the hospitalized patients' expectations for treatment scale-clinician version.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patient safety management systems in general hospitals require a comprehensive tool for assessing the expectations of inpatients across different wards. This study aimed to develop and psychometrically validate a new scale, the hospitalized patients' expectations for treatment scale-clinician version (HOPE-C), to meet this requirement.

Methods

We interviewed 35 experts and 10 inpatients while developing the HOPE-C scale. The scale was initially designed with three dimensions: clinicians' expectations regarding doctor-patient communication, clinicians' expectations regarding treatment outcome, and clinicians' expectations regarding disease management. We recruited 200 inpatients from a general hospital in China. At the same time, 51 clinicians were assigned to the e

SUBMITTER: Dai B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10811258 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature