Psychometric validation of a Patient-Centred Quality of Cancer Care Questionnaire in Mexico.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To develop and validate a Patient-Centred Quality of Cancer Care Questionnaire in Spanish (PCQCCQ-S) appropriate to the Mexican context.

Design

Psychometric validation of a questionnaire.

Setting

Two public oncology hospitals in Mexico City.

Participants

1809 patients with cancer aged ≥18 years.

Source of information

Cross-sectional survey.

Methods

The validation procedures comprised (1) content validity through a group of experts and patients; (2) item reduction and evaluation of the factor structure, through an exploratory factor analysis based on the polychoric correlation matrix; (3) internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha; (4) convergent validity between the PCQCCQ-S and supportive care needs scale; (5) correlation analysis bet

SUBMITTER: Doubova SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7076235 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature