The Mokken scaling procedure (MSP) applied to the measurement of feeding difficulty in elderly people with dementia

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 385-393

  Watson, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; EATING DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

AGED; DEMENTIA; EATING DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030209123     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7489(95)00058-5     Document Type: Article

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