Table 1.
Sixteen items were identified in the literature to be included in the new questionnaire.
Fig 1.
Flow chart of patient inclusion in the study.
Elderly inpatients (≥65) were recruited from five medical wards and one orthopaedic ward at Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Table 2.
Characteristics of the participants included from Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Table 3.
Item scores of the initial 16-item Discharge Care Experience Survey (DICARES) (n = 270).
Table 4.
Test-retest of the initial 16-item Discharge Care Experience Survey (DICARES).
Table 5.
Factors of the Discharge Care Experience Survey (DICARES) according to explorative factor analysis.
Table 6.
Correlation between The Discharge Care Experience Survey (DICARES) and relevant measurements (n = 270).
Table 7.
Comparison of the DICARES ᵃ and the NORPEQ ᵇ to 30 days readmission.
Table 8.
Logistic regression analyses of factors correlated to readmission (n = 270) ᵃ.