Reliability and validity testing of the revised 12-item short-form health survey in older adults

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 151-161

  Resnick, Barbara ^a   Nahm, Eun Shim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0035462950     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.9.2.151     Document Type: Article

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