The Northwick Park Dependency Score and its relationship to nursing hours in neurological rehabilitation

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 116-120

  Hatfield, Alison ^a   Hunt, Sue ^b   Wade, Derick T ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD CENTRE FOR ENABLEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dependency; Northwick Park Dependency Score; Nursing hours; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL ACTIVITY OF DAILY LIFE INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORTHWICK PARK DEPENDENCY SCORE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORIENTATION; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT ORIENTATION AND MEMORY TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING CARE;

EID: 0037866891     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16501970310010457     Document Type: Article

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