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Current measures of patient satisfaction in anesthesia care often yield uniformly high scores (>80% satisfied) but lack refinement, reliability, and validity, necessitating psychometric development.
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Current anesthesia satisfaction metrics should not guide practice; leaves open the need for validated psychometric instruments in research.
This article reviews the methodology of patient satisfaction measurement and outlines considerations for constructing a reliable and valid patient satisfaction questionnaire for anesthesia care.
Fung et al. (1998) conducted a review in Anesthesia care. Patient satisfaction measurement was evaluated. Current measures of patient satisfaction in anesthesia care often yield uniformly high scores (>80% satisfied) but lack refinement, reliability, and validity, necessitating psychometric development.
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