Research Instrumentation and Elderly Subjects

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-190

  Burnside, Irene ^a,c   Preski, Sally ^c   Hertz, Judith E ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Frail elderly; Instrumentation; Measurement; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FATIGUE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FATIGUE; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0031615589     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1998.tb01278.x     Document Type: Article

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