Factors Associated With Patient Satisfaction Measured Using a Guttman-Type Scale

Factors associated with patient satisfaction for PLIF: Patient satisfaction analysis

Introduction: Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) has produced satisfactory clinical outcomes; however, all previous reports have only included evaluations by surgeon-based methods. The purpose of this study was to investigate patient-based surgical outcomes and the factors associated with patient satisfaction for PLIF. Methods: Patients who underwent PLIF for lumbar spondylolisthesis were...

Guttman Scale Analysis

Guttman scale analysis may be considered as two inseparable endeavors: (1) to ascertain if a set of stimu!'i are unidimensional in nature and if so, (2) to tank order respondents along the same continuum based on their reaction to toe stimuli. For example, suppose a set of four attitude statements (S1-54) are constructed such that similarity of content exists (e.g. all concern attitude toward i...

Patients’ satisfaction with orthodontic treatment and associated factors

Guttman scale analysis of the distance vision scale.

PURPOSE The Distance Vision Scale (DVS) is a self-assessment of visual acuity (VA). Like VA testing in which letter reading becomes progressively difficult through the test, DVS questions have a hierarchy of difficulty (Guttman scale). The aims were to determine whether the DVS fulfills Guttman scaling criteria and to test the relationship between DVS score and VA in a cataract population. ME...

Factors associated with patient satisfaction with primary care in Europe: results from the EUprimecare project.

BACKGROUND EUprimecare is a study funded by the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union, aimed at analysing the quality of the different models of primary care in Europe. The objective of this study was to describe and analyse the determinants associated with patient satisfaction in primary care in Europe. METHODS We conducted telephone population surveys among primary care users in...