Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM)

Although numerous disease-specific measures of patients’ treatment satisfaction for medication (TS-M) have been reported in the literature, less attention has been paid to developing a more general measure of TS-M--one that would permit comparisons across medication types and patient conditions. To fill this gap, the TSQM was developed.

Salient Features

• Generic measure of treatment satisfaction for medication
• Rigorously developed with sound psychometric properties
• Multiple linguistically validated languages available. For list of available languages click here.
• Two versions available - TSQM Ver 1.4 (14 items) and TSQM Ver II (11 items)
• Domains include – Effectiveness, Side effects, Convenience, Global Satisfaction

Key TSQM Validation Publications

• Atkinson MJ, Sinha A, Hass SL, et al. Validation of a general measure of treatment satisfaction, the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM), using a national panel study of chronic disease. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2004;2:12.
• Atkinson MJ, Kumar R, Cappelleri JC, et al. Hierarchical construct validity of the treatment satisfaction questionnaire for medication (TSQM version II) among outpatient pharmacy consumers. Value Health 2005;8 Suppl 1:S9-S24.

Quintiles, Inc. holds the copyright for the TSQM. Any user of the TSQM must obtain permission for use from Quintiles. There is a per-use fee associated with the TSQM.