Citation

Kyes KB, Franklin G, Weaver MR. Am. J. Ind. Med. 1997; 31(4): 427-434.

Affiliation

Department of Health Services, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9093657

Abstract

Several existing measures of medical outcomes and some newly constructed measures of patient satisfaction were tested for reliability and validity on a sample of 100 subjects who had suffered work-related injuries and illnesses in Washington State. Included in the measures of medical outcome were the SF-36 and the upper body mobility subscale of the Health Assessment Questionnaire. The newly constructed measures of patient satisfaction assessed areas such as satisfaction with the attending physician and with access to referrals. Also administered were assessments of job satisfaction, both prior to and since the injury, and a measure of chance health locus of control. The patient satisfaction and medical outcomes measures demonstrated good reliability and validity for use with this population. However, neither the measures of job satisfaction nor chance health locus of control were related to either patient satisfaction with medical care nor to medical outcomes.

Language: en