Development and psychometric evaluation of a questionnaire to measure cancer patients' perception of care coordination.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the importance of care coordination (CC) is well-recognized, cancer patients often receive poorly coordinated care across varied care settings and different oncology providers. Efforts to improve cancer care are hampered by lack of adequate measures. In this two-part, mixed-method study, we describe the development, refinement, and validation of a new care coordination instrument (CCI) designed to assess cancer patients' perception of CC.

Methods

In Study 1, an initial CCI was developed incorporating questions based on literature review. The items were then modified following four field tests conducted in a large academic hospital with oncology nurses (n = 20) and cancer patients (n = 120). This modified instrument was used to determine whether the CCI wa

SUBMITTER: Okado I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6975072 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature