title: A systematic review of instruments measuring patients' perceptions of patient-centred nursing care.
abstract: This systematic review identified and evaluated instruments measuring patients' perceptions of patient-centred nursing care. Of 2629 studies reviewed, 12 were eligible for inclusion. Four instruments were reported: The Individualized Care Scale, the Client-Centred Care Questionnaire, the Oncology patients' Perceptions of the Quality of Nursing Care Scale and the Smoliner scale. These instruments cover themes addressing patient participation and the clinician-patient relationship. Instruments were shown to have satisfactory psychometric properties, although not all were adequately assessed. More research is needed regarding test-retest reliability, convergent and discriminant validity, validity with known groups and structural validity using confirmatory factor analysis.
authors.affiliation: Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Köberich
authors.affiliation: Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Farin
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: assessment instrument; patient participation; patient-centred nursing care; patient-nurse relationship; systematic literature review