Medical Mistrust Scale

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Abbreviation
MMS
Description

An 12-item assessment of the tendency to distrust mainstream health care professionals and health care systems, with responses on a Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly agree) to 5 (strongly disagree) (Thompson, Vladimarsdottir, Winkel, Jandorf, & Redd, 2004).

Category
Mental Health
Health Cognitions & QOL

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