Measuring continuity and discontinuity following stroke

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-247

  Secrest, Janet S ^a   Zeller, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity and discontinuity of self scale (CDSS); Instrument development; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXISTENTIALISM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EXISTENTIALISM; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642287676     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2003.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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