The care dependency scale: An assessment instrument for elderly patients in German hospitals

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-43

  Lohrmann, Christa ^a   Dijkstra, Ate ^b   Dassen, Theo ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GERMANY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037221614     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mgn.2003.8     Document Type: Article

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