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. 2004 May;53(Suppl 4):iv40–iv44. doi: 10.1136/gut.2003.034322

Patient assessment of treatment satisfaction: methods and practical issues

D Revicki
PMCID: PMC1867784  PMID: 15082613

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Conceptual framework for treatment satisfaction (source: adapted from Weaver and colleagues2).

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Treatment satisfaction by disease severity: gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (n = 689) (source: Revicki, unpublished data, 2002).

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Mean treatment satisfaction questionnaire scores by days with symptoms (source: Coyne and Revicki, unpublished data, 2002).

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