Efforts to establish the reliability of the Resident Assessment Instrument

Age and Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages 27-30

  Sgadari, Antonio ^a   Morris, John N ^b   Fries, Brant E ^c   Ljunggren, Gunnar ^d   Jónsson, Palmi V ^e   Dupaquier, Jean Noël ^f   Schroll, Marianne ^g  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Sabbatsberg Sjukhus   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e Me Ti SA   (Switzerland)

^f Department of Geriatrics   (Iceland)

^g Kommunehospitalet ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assessment instruments; Minimum data set; Nursing home; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; ICELAND; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ITALY; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; MOOD; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; URINE INCONTINENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0031444945     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.suppl_2.27     Document Type: Article

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