Patient empowerment in young persons with chronic conditions: Psychometric properties of the Gothenburg Young Persons Empowerment Scale (GYPES).

PURPOSE:Empowerment in patients can lead to a higher participation in care and self-management skills. However, there are a limited number of high-quality instruments to assess empowerment and its various dimensions in young persons. The aim was to develop and assess the psychometric properties of t...

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Main Authors: Mariela Acuña Mora, Koen Luyckx, Carina Sparud-Lundin, Mariëlle Peeters, AnneLoes van Staa, Jane Sattoe, Ewa-Lena Bratt, Philip Moons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6054395?pdf=render