Paired interviews are used to evaluate whether a questionnaire functions properly for both the target respondent and an alternate respondent (proxy). We developed a new application of this tool to evaluate whether a Patient Experience of Care Survey (PECS) for long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) and inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) functioned acceptably for patients and their family members. Frequently, patients in LTCHs and IRFs cannot fully recall their care experience and are often unable to complete surveys because of cognitive or physical limitations. For this project, researchers conducted interviews with 20 paired respondents: a patient and a proxy. Results revealed that the patient and their proxy went through similar response strategies and answered questions similarly to each other a majority of the time. We concluded that the questionnaires function acceptably for patients and proxies.

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配对访谈以评估患者和代理对患者护理体验调查 (PECS) 的反应

配对访谈用于评估问卷是否对目标受访者和替代受访者（代理人）都适用。我们开发了此工具的新应用程序，以评估长期护理医院 (LTCH) 和住院康复设施 (IRF) 的患者护理体验调查 (PECS) 是否对患者及其家人来说是可以接受的。通常，LTCH 和 IRF 中的患者无法完全回忆起他们的护理经历，并且通常由于认知或身体限制而无法完成调查。在这个项目中，研究人员采访了 20 名配对受访者：一名患者和一名代理人。结果显示，患者和他们的代理人在大多数情况下经历了类似的反应策略并回答了类似的问题。