The Patient Assessment of Transitions in Healthcare settings questionnaire (PATH)

General

The Patient Assessment of Transitions in Healthcare settings (PATH) is an 18-item self-report questionnaire measuring patients’ experience of quality in healthcare transitions.

User guide

The PATH user guide contain general information about the development and structure of the questionnaire and scoring instructions.

  • PATH user guide →

Terms and conditions

The PATH can be used free of charge for scientific purposes as long as 1) it is used according to the users guide, 2) follow the specifications outlined in the original article, and 3) it is not modified.

Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the PATH

If you wish to translate and cross-culturally adapt the PATH into another language, please send a request to Sisse Walløe on e-mail: sisse.walloe@rsyd.dk. Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the PATH uses the English version (see below) and must follow the guidelines outlined by Beaton et al. → abstract.

The following templates have to be filled out during the translation process:

  • PATH forward translation → 
  • PATH forward translation – synthesis → 
  • PATH backward translation → 
  • PATH backward translation – synthesis → 

When translation and cross-cultural adaptation has been completed, we ask that all the documentation and the final translated version are forwarded to Sisse Walløe.

We collect and publish all translated versions of the PATH questionnaire on this website to avoid multiple translations of the questionnaire in a specific language.

Database for RedCab

  • PATH instrument → 
  • PATH survey settings → 

Content validity of PROMs evaluating transitions in healthcare settings

  • Walloe et al. Content validity of patient-reported measures evaluating experiences of the quality of transitions in healthcare settings—a scoping review → Article
  • Walloe et al. Quality in care requires kindness and flexibility – a hermeneutic-phenomenological study of patients’ experiences from pathways including transitions across healthcare settings → abstract

Danish version →

This is the Danish version of the PATH. The questionnaire has been developed in Danish and tested on a broad range of patients in healthcare transitions (see article on development).

  • Walloe et al. Measurement Properties of the Patient Assessment of Transitions in Healthcare Settings (PATH) Questionnaire → Article

English version →

This is the English version of the PATH. It has been translated and cross-culturally adapted into English using the first 3 phases of the method described by Beaton et al. (2000).

  • Walloe et al. Development and psychometric properties of the “Patient Assessment of Transitions in Healthcare settings (PATH)” questionnaire → In review
  • Walloe et al. Measurement Properties of the Patient Assessment of Transitions in Healthcare Settings (PATH) Questionnaire → Article