Meanings of relational continuity in English

Operational agreements and evening care also positively affected relational continuity.

Three subscales (12 items) relate to the principal clinician and cover management and relational continuity.

Four subscales (13 items) are related to multiple clinicians and address team relational continuity and problems with coordination and gaps in information transfer.

Most patients reported they were highly confident that their physicians knew them well and would manage their care beyond clinical encounters ( relational continuity).