Care dependency in nursing homes - A psychometric study;Pflegeabhängigkeit im pflegeheim - Eine psychometrische studie

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 255-259

  Lohrmann, Christa ^a   Balzer, Katrin ^b   Dijkstra, Ate ^c   Dassen, Theo ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b N Centre for Healthcare Research ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Care dependency; Nursing home; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; EVALUATION; GERIATRIC CARE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERMANY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0041876135     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-003-0094-0     Document Type: Article

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