Evaluation of the diabetes self care scale: An illustration of the Rasch model of measurement

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 171-185

  Lee, Nantawadee P ^a,c   Fisher Jr , William P ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b MetaMetrics Inc   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CARE;

EID: 0042386701     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/jnum.10.3.171.52558     Document Type: Article

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