Table 2.
Items response distribution and missing data
IC, informational continuity; MC, managerial continuity; RC, relational continuity.
Table 3.
Factor analysis, item-rest correlation and Cronbach's alpha of the CCAENA items
aResponse values have been reversed for analysis.
bEigenvalues and percentage of variance accounted for by factors I, II and III were 7.725, 3.593 and 1.529, respectively.
cCronbach's alpha of the definitive scale (items 15–19, 21 and 25) is 0.805.
IC, informational continuity; MC, managerial continuity; RC, relational continuity. Factor loadings that exceded 0.400 are shown in bold.
Table 4.
Spearman correlation coefficients between scalesa
IC, informational continuity; MC, managerial continuity; PC, primary care; RC, relational continuity; SC, secondary care.
aSpearman correlation coefficients calculated using definitive scales.
Table 5.
Differences in scores between subgroups
aPercentage of patients perceiving high or very high continuity of care.
bP-value associated for Chi-square test comparing very high, high, low and very low perceptions of continuity of care among groups.
IC, informational continuity; MC, managerial continuity; PC, primary care; RC, relational continuity; SC, secondary care.