An instrument to measure the attentional demands of community-dwelling elders

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 197-214

  Jansen, Debra A ^a   Keller, Mary L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033255075     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.7.2.197     Document Type: Article

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