Item generation in the development of an inpatient experience questionnaire: a qualitative study

Wong, Eliza LY; Coulter, Angela; Cheung, Annie WL; Yam, Carrie HK; Yeoh, Eng-Kiong; Griffiths, Sian

doi:10.1186/1472-6963-13-265

BMC Health Services Research

Table 1 Demographics of focus group participants

From: Item generation in the development of an inpatient experience questionnaire: a qualitative study

Group	Code	Age range	Gender	Self-reported chronic illness*	Reason for admission	Hospital of admission	Specialty of admission*	Type of admission^#	Length of stay (days) range
1	F01	60 or above	Female	Cancer; Diseases of thyroid gland	Surgery	QEH	GYN	Planned	1-10
	F02	40-59	Male	Cancer	Lung infection	PYN	MED	Planned	30 or above
	F03	40-59	Female	No	Blood transfusion	UCH	GYN	Planned	1-10
	F04	18-39	Male	Disease of the heart or circulatory system	Spinal cord infection	QEH	ORT	Emergency	30 or above
	F05	40-59	Male	Diabetes	Hyperglycemia	OLM	MED	Others	11-20
	F06	18-39	Male	No	Surgery	NDH	ORT	Planned	1-10
	F07	40-59	Female	HT; DM; Stomach and intestinal disease	Hypertension	TMH	MED	Emergency	1-10
	F08	18-39	Male	Cancer	Chemotherapy	PYN	ONC	Planned	11-20
	F09	18-39	Male	Disease of ENT; Kidney disease	Stomachache	TKO	SUR	Emergency	1-10
2	F10	60 or above	Female	Cancer	Surgery	OLM	GYN	Planned	11-20
	F11	60 or above	Male	Disease of the heart or circulatory system; HT	Chest pain	TKO	MED	Emergency	1-10
	F12	60 or above	Male	Respiration disease; Eye disease	Short of Breath	KH	MED	Transfer	1-10
	F13	60 or above	Female	No	Fracture	TPH	ORT	Transfer	21-30
	F14	60 or above	Female	HT; Kidney disease	Health Problem	QEH	MED	Emergency	1-10
	F15	60 or above	Female	HT; DM; Hypercholesterolemia	Fall	TMH	Others	Emergency	21-30
	F16	60 or above	Male	Cancer; Diabetes	Body Checking	UCH	SUR	Planned	1-10
	F17	60 or above	Female	Eye disease; Disease of ENT	Fall	TPH	ORT	Transfer	21-30
3	F18	60 or above	Female	Respiration disease; skin disease	Surgery	--	SUR	Planned	1-10
	F19	40-59	Female	Stomach and intestinal disease; DM; disease of the heart or circulatory system	Working Injury	TKO	ORT	Emergency	1-10
	F20	40-59	Male	Stock; HT; DM; Kidney disease	Hydronephrosis	QMH	Others	Referral	1-10
	F21	40-59	Female	No	Surgery	PYN	GYN	Planned	11-20
	F22	40-59	Male	Kidney disease; Liver disease	Cirrhosis	QMH	SUR	Planned	1-10
	F23	60 or above	Male	Eye disease; HT; Hypercholesterolemia; Endocrine and metabolic disease	Surgery	TWH	OPH	Planned	1-10
	F24	60 or above	Male	Diabetes	Chemotherapy	PYN	ONC	Planned	1-10
	F25	40-59	Male	No	Dermatitis	RH	MED	Planned	1-10

Remark: *Specialty of admission.
GYN Gynaecology, MED Medicine, ORT Orthopaedics & Traumatology, ONC Clinical Oncology, SUR Surgery, OPH Ophthalmology
HT Hypertension, DM Diabetes, Disease of ENT-Disease of the ear/nose/throat.
#Type of admission.
Emergency – Emergency or urgent admission through A&E department.
Planned – Waiting list or planned admission.
Others – Other admission / Emergency or urgent admission not through A&E department.

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