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Table 5 Number and type of questionnaire problems* in the two interview rounds

From: Quality evaluation questionnaires – nursing homes (QEQ-NH); validation of questionnaires for measuring quality of care in nursing homes from various perspectives

 

Round 1

Residents (n = 3)

Family

(n = 3)

Professionals (n = 5)

Number of items tested

11 items

17 items

18 items

Type of problem

 Number of clarity problems

14

9

44

 Number of knowledge problems

4

8

3

 Number of assumptions problems

0

2

6

 Number of sensitively problems

0

1

0

 Number of other problems

0

11

12

Total number of problems

18

31

65

Mean number of problems per item per respondent

0.55

0.61

0.72

 

Round 2

 

Residents (n = 4)

Family

(n = 2)

Professional (n = 3)

Type of problem

 Number of clarity problems

8

0

10

 Number of knowledge problems

4

2

1

 Number of assumptions problems

0

0

1

 Number of other problems

2

3

1

Total number of problems

14

5

13

Mean number of problems per item per respondent

0.32

0.15

0.24

  1. * categorized according to the scoring system of Willis (1999) [27]