Measurement Properties of the Patient Assessment of Transitions in Healthcare Settings (PATH) Questionnaire

Sisse Walløe; Lars Morsø; Esben Petersen; Søren T. Skou; Charlotte Simonÿ; Sören Möller; Henrik Lauridsen

doi:10.1080/15366367.2024.2392059

Measurement Properties of the Patient Assessment of Transitions in Healthcare Settings (PATH) Questionnaire

Sisse Walløe^*
, Lars Morsø
, Esben Petersen
, Søren T. Skou
, Charlotte Simonÿ
, Sören Möller
, Henrik Lauridsen

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy (PROgrez)

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Abstract

Further evaluation of the Patient Assessment of Transitions in Healthcare settings (PATH) questionnaire measurement properties is needed to ensure high-quality measurement of patients' experiences of healthcare provision which includes transitions across settings. The aim of this study was to determine structural validity and reliability for measurement of patient-experienced quality in healthcare transitions across hospital, GP, municipal rehabilitation, and/or home care settings for the PATH questionnaire through Rasch analysis. This study supports that PATH is a structurally valid measure for use in hospital, GP, and municipal home care. However, use of PATH for evaluation of municipal rehabilitation is not currently recommended. We find that PATH discriminates adequately between poor, moderate, and good patient-experienced quality of healthcare transitions without systematic differential item functioning. In conclusion, PATH enables valid and reliable planning and evaluation of initiatives to improve pathways which include transitions across healthcare settings.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	50-65
Number of pages	16
Journal	Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives
Volume	24
Issue number	1
Early online date	29 Oct 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15366367.2024.2392059
Publication status	Published - Jan 2026

Funding

This work was supported by the local research fund at Naestved, Slagelse, and Ringsted hospitals under Grant number A436; by a program grant for Exercise First from Region Zealand; and a faculty scholarship from the Faculty of Health Sciences at University of Southern Denmark.

Funders	Funder number
Naestved-Slagelse-Ringsted Hospitals research fund, Denmark	A436
University of Southern Denmark

Keywords

Healthcare transitions
Patient-reported experience measure
Quality
Rasch analysis

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