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The Youth Health Care measure-satisfaction, utilization, and needs (YHC-SUN)-development of a self-report version of the Child Health Care (CHC-SUN) proxy-measure.
- Source :
- BMC Health Services Research; 5/20/2016, Vol. 16, p1-12, 12p, 9 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>The transition of health care of youth (age 15-25) with chronic conditions requires the assessment of adolescents' access, use and needs as well as satisfaction with the health services they use. The aim of this study was to test the adolescent adaptation of the parent version "Child Health Care Questionnaire - Satisfaction, Utilization and Needs" (CHC-SUN) concerning its psychometric performance and appropriateness for adolescents and young adults.<bold>Methods: </bold>The Youth Health Care Measure (YHC-SUN) was designed to allow self-report of youth and it was pilot-tested in a small sample using cognitive debriefing. A cross-sectional survey in a sample of youth with chronic conditions in the transition period was carried out.<bold>Results: </bold>One hundred eighty-two ambulatory care patients with three conditions participated in the survey. The subscales of the section on satisfaction with care showed excellent internal consistencies, uni-dimensionality and fit to the model of the parent version. There was no impact of gender and education on satisfaction with care. Associations with age, diagnosis, experiences with care and health literacy affecting the satisfaction with care indicate discriminatory and content validity.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Potential applications of the new instrument are evaluations of health care services for adolescents and young adults using self-reports and evaluations of transition programs and interventions such as patient education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CHILD health services
CHRONIC diseases
PATIENT satisfaction
EVALUATION of medical care
DIAGNOSIS
PATIENT education
CHRONIC disease treatment
OUTPATIENT medical care
COMPARATIVE studies
CONTINUUM of care
GUARDIAN & ward
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
PSYCHOLOGY of parents
PSYCHOMETRICS
RESEARCH
SATISFACTION
SELF-evaluation
MEDICAL care for teenagers
EVALUATION research
CROSS-sectional method
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14726963
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BMC Health Services Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 115584714
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1419-1