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Validation Of A 5-Item Tool To Measure Patient Assessment Of Clinician Compassion In Hospitals, Brian W Roberts, Michael B. Roberts, Anthony Mazzarelli, Stephen Trzeciak Apr 2021

Validation Of A 5-Item Tool To Measure Patient Assessment Of Clinician Compassion In Hospitals, Brian W Roberts, Michael B. Roberts, Anthony Mazzarelli, Stephen Trzeciak

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BACKGROUND: We previously validated a 5-item compassion measure to assess patient experience of clinician compassion in the outpatient setting. However, currently, there is no validated and feasible method for health care systems to measure patient experience of clinician compassion in the inpatient setting across multiple hospitals.

OBJECTIVE: To test if the 5-item compassion measure can validly and distinctly measure patient assessment of physician and nurse compassion in the inpatient setting.

DESIGN: Cross-sectional study between July 1 and July 31, 2020, in a US health care network of 91 community hospitals across 16 states consisting of approximately 15,000 beds.

PATIENTS: Adult …