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Table 1 Data quality, internal consistency reliability, construct validity

From: Psychometric properties of the Press Ganey® Outpatient Medical Practice Survey

  

Correlationsa

%Floor

%Ceiling

Skew

%NA

Scale

PG23

PG24

Access, α = 0.79

0.05%

45.6%

−1.3

0.5%

0.49

0.51

0.46

 PG1 Ease of getting clinic on the phone

0.70%

57.0%

−1.6

3%

0.62

0.36

0.32

 PG2 Convenience of office hours

0.20%

59.1%

−1.3

1.10%

0.64

0.40

0.36

 PG3 Ease of scheduling appointment

0.70%

65.1%

−1.9

1.10%

0.66

0.40

0.37

 PG4 Courtesy of staff in registration area

0.20%

78.5%

−2.5

1.40%

0.49

0.46

0.41

Moving through visit, α = 0.88

0.98%

49.9%

−1.6

1.62%

0.75

0.50

0.45

 PG5 Informed of any delays

1.80%

57.9%

−1.7

8.60%

0.75

0.49

0.43

 PG6 Wait time at clinic

2.10%

55.4%

−1.5

2.30%

0.75

0.46

0.42

Nurse/Assistant, α = 0.89

0.13%

73.0%

−2.3

1.48%

0.82

0.60

0.51

 PG7 Friendliness of nurse

0.10%

79.6%

−2.5

1.70%

0.82

0.56

0.47

 PG8 Concern nurse showed for problem

0.30%

73.9%

−2.2

2.60%

0.82

0.58

0.50

Care Provider (CP), α = 0.96

0.12%

64.4%

−3.0

0.55%

0.75

0.69

0.77

 PG9 Friendliness of CP

0.30%

84.1%

−3.3

0.80%

0.82

0.61

0.65

 PG10 Explanations provided for problem

0.50%

80.4%

−2.9

1.10%

0.88

0.61

0.66

 PG11 Concern for your questions

0.70%

80.4%

−3.1

1.30%

0.90

0.62

0.69

 PG12 Efforts to include you in treatment

0.70%

79.6%

−3.0

2.10%

0.88

0.61

0.67

 PG13 Info. about medications (if any)

0.60%

77.2%

−2.7

11.40%

0.84

0.60

0.63

 PG14 Instructions for care (if any)

0.60%

76.7%

−2.6

5.60%

0.83

0.61

0.64

 PG15 Understandable explanations

0.30%

83.3%

−3.3

1.50%

0.81

0.59

0.61

 PG16 Time spent with you

0.60%

76.3%

−2.6

1.20%

0.80

0.60

0.63

 PG17 Your confidence in CP

0.80%

83.2%

−3.5

1.30%

0.88

0.62

0.75

 PG18 Likelihood of recommending CP

1.30%

83.0%

−3.4

1.90%

0.86

0.63

0.80

Personal Issues, α = 0.89

0.06%

67.6%

−2.0

1.06%

0.68

0.73

0.68

 PG19 Staff protected your safety

0.20%

75.0%

−2.2

4.70%

0.74

0.57

0.50

 PG20 Our sensitivity to your needs

0.50%

75.0%

−2.6

2.20%

0.76

0.73

0.71

 PG21 Our concern for your privacy

0.20%

76.7%

−2.3

3%

0.81

0.64

0.58

 PG22 Cleanliness of our practice

0.10%

80.1%

−2.3

2.60%

0.75

0.59

0.55

Total Score, α = 0.95

0.01%

29.3%

−1.7

0.00%

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  1. aScale refers to correlation of each item with its scale, adjusted for removing the current item. Since the correlation of a scale with itself is 1, the average inter-item correlations within the scale is provided. PG23 is “How we took care of you”, and PG24 is “Likelihood of recommending” from the overall assessment domain