Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học quốc tế đề tài : Validation of an abbreviated Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM-9) among patients on antihypertensive medications | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Validation of an abbreviated Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication TSQM-9 among patients on antihypertensive medications Murtuza Bharmal 1 Krista Payne2 Mark J Atkinson3 Marie- Pierre Desrosiers2 Donald E Morisky4 and Eric Gemmen1 Address 1Quintiles Inc Falls Church Virginia USA 2United BioSource Corporation Montreal Canada 3University of California San Diego California USA and 4UCLA School of Public Health Los Angeles California USA Email Murtuza Bharmal - Krista Payne - Mark J Atkinson - mjatkinson@ Marie-Pierre Desrosiers - Donald E Morisky - dmorisky@ Eric Gemmen - Corresponding author Open Access Published 27 April 2009 Received 8 August 2008 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7 36 doi 1477-7525-7-36 Accepted 27 April 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 36 2009 Bharmal et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The 14-item Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication TSQM Version is a reliable and valid instrument to assess patients satisfaction with medication providing scores on four scales - side effects effectiveness convenience and global satisfaction. In naturalistic studies administering the TSQM with the side effects domain could provoke the physician to assess the presence or absence of adverse events in a way that is clinically atypical carrying the potential to interfere with routine medical care. As a result an abbreviated 9-item TSQM TSQM-9 derived from the TSQM Version but without the five items of
