The visual analogue scale also avoided the ceiling effect better than Likert and the time needed to complete the visual analogue scale questionnaire was 28% shorter than that needed to complete the Likert-scaled questionnaire. The visual analogue scale items were less vulnerable to bias from confounding factors than were the Likert-scaled items. The data were analysed using an analysis of covariance and a paired samples t-test. In these versions, items were either in a visual analogue format or Likert-scaled, in systematic or random order. New versions of the instrument were created for the present purposes. Data were collected in May-September 2014 from one tertiary hospital in Finland using the Revised Humane Caring Scale instrument. A non-randomized sample of 150 surgical patients was gathered to minimize possible alterations in care quality.

A quasi-experimental design was employed. Although patient satisfaction is one of the most intensely studied issues in the health sciences, research information about the effects of possible instrument-related confounding factors on patient satisfaction surveys is scant. random), item non-response and patient-related characteristics (age, gender, subjective health, need for assistance with filling out the questionnaire and length of stay) on the results of patient satisfaction surveys. To study the effects of scale type (visual analogue scale vs. Voutilainen, Ari PitkÃ¤aho, Taina Kvist, Tarja VehvilÃ¤inen-Julkunen, Katri How to ask about patient satisfaction? The visual analogue scale is less vulnerable to confounding factors and ceiling effect than a symmetric Likert scale. This dissertation addresses the information distortion andâ€¦ However, there are some problems with Likert scaling. This measurement scale has a procedure that facilitates survey construction and administration, and data coding and analysis.

In social science research, the Likert method is commonly used as a psychometric scale to measure responses. A New Likert Scale Based on Fuzzy Sets Theory

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